Pro Mente Sana Foundation supports the interests of mentally ill people as well as fights against prejudices and discrimination. It promotes public understanding for mentally ill people, promotes self-help and advocates empowerment as well as treatment options that are recovery-oriented. Pro Mente Sana Foundation fights for the rights as well as the social and professional integration of the affected people. It promotes and supports projects and services based on the right to self-determination. Pro Mente Sana Foundation represents this basic attitude in political decision-making proce-dures, vis-à-vis authorities and psychiatric institutions. Pro Mente Sana Foundation offers free advice on legal or psychosocial issues for people with a mental illness, their relatives and associates and other persons they can relate to.