Association romande Pro Mente Sana

Name

Association romande Pro Mente Sana

Legal name

Pro Mente Sana Association romande

Website

https://promentesana.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mental Health Advocacy and Psychosocial Disability Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) & Mental Health Programs (BPADAIAK)

Keywords

• Psychosocial counseling
• Disability rights advocacy
• Legal aid services
• Mental health support
• Peer support programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Geneva

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel

Revenue model

1. Government grants and subsidies: Funded by the Office fédéral des assurances sociales (OFAS / Federal Social Insurance Office), the Republic and Canton of Geneva, the Canton of Vaud, and other Romandie public entities. This constitutes the primary revenue stream.
2. Private donations: Individual private donations from members and the public, collected via the website.
3. Membership fees: Annual membership fees: CHF 30/year for AI/AVS members and CHF 50/year for regular members. These fees represent a small contribution to organizational funding.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Association romande Pro Mente Sana provides free psychosocial counseling, legal advice on disability and psychiatric rights, peer support, training, and advocacy services to persons with psychosocial disabilities in French-speaking Switzerland. Its portfolio includes telephone hotlines (multilingual psychosocial and legal counseling), the ORCEP observatory documenting psychiatric constraint experiences, the Recovery College (Collège de rétablissement), a peer practitioners network, training programs for professionals, mutual aid support, and various publications.

Product overview

Association romande Pro Mente Sana is a non-profit advocacy organization offering a portfolio of psychosocial, legal, educational, and peer-support services for people with psychosocial disabilities. The service ecosystem includes: psychosocial and legal counseling hotlines, the ORCEP (Romand Observatory on Constraint in Psychiatry) for documentation and advocacy, the Recovery College for peer-led education, trained peer practitioners for mutual support, training programs, and various publications including brochures, newsletters, and videos. Services are delivered primarily in French-speaking Switzerland (Romandie) and are funded by public institutions, private donations, and membership fees.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Psychosocial Counseling (Conseil psychosocial)

Quantifiable outcome

• Psychosocial counseling hotline available in French, Spanish, Portuguese, and English
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered minor, core and moderate.

• Pyxis – Maison de la culture et de l'exploration numérique (Lausanne)minorOthers · 7 March 2024Venue partner for the launch event of ORCEP's pilot project in March 2024. Located at Place de la Cathédrale 6, 1005 Lausanne.
• Haute École de Santé La SourcecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with Pro Mente Sana on the study of knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding advance directives in French-speaking Switzerland. This partnership involves joint research with the Service de psychiatrie communautaire du CHUV and CORAASP, aiming to improve quality and safety of care for adults with psychiatric and/or addiction disorders.
• Service de psychiatrie communautaire du CHUVcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartners with Pro Mente Sana in a joint study on advance directives in Romandie, alongside Haute École de Santé La Source and CORAASP. The study aims to establish a Romandie-wide baseline of knowledge, practices, and attitudes regarding advance directives.
• CORAASP (Coordination romande des associations d'action en santé psychique)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with Pro Mente Sana on the study of advance directives and in broader advocacy efforts for persons with psychosocial disabilities. CORAASP is the Romandie-wide federation of private associations in mental health.
• Collège de RétablissementcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA project co-developed and co-run by Pro Mente Sana, offering recovery-oriented courses co-taught by professionals and peer practitioners. Pro Mente Sana led the first Recovery College experience in Switzerland.
• ZewominorOthersSwiss foundation that certifies charitable organizations for responsible use of donations. Pro Mente Sana holds a Zewo certification, demonstrating organizational transparency and accountability.
• Collectif Santé Mentale Genève (CSMGE)moderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerPro Mente Sana participates in the CSMGE, a Geneva-based collective organizing mental health awareness events including the World Mental Health Day program in October 2025 at Théâtre de la Comédie, Geneva.
• PairenciamoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization for the Slameo event during World Mental Health Day 2025, providing venue facilities at av. du Mail 1, Geneva for preparation sessions.
• Symptomania FestivalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerORCEP team participates in the Symptomania festival at Grange de Dorigny, Lausanne (October 2025), a festival exploring mental health through artistic expression alongside Caroline Bernard, Camille Jaccard (Unil), and Verveine (musician).
• Humanrights.chminorOthersSwiss human rights portal that published Pro Mente Sana's article on placements à des fins d'assistance (PAFA) from a fundamental rights perspective.
• UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CDPH)coreOthersThe CDPH serves as a key normative framework for Pro Mente Sana's advocacy work. The association campaigns for Switzerland's full compliance with CDPH obligations, particularly regarding the right to legal capacity without discrimination.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• La Main Tendue (Die Dargebotene Hand / Telefono 143): Swiss telephone helpline providing 24/7 emotional support across all language regions. Directly comparable as a non-profit helpline-based psychosocial support service with national scope and a similar service-delivery model.
• CORAASP (Coordination romande des associations d'action en santé psychique): Romandie-wide federation of private associations acting in psychosocial health — explicitly listed as a strategic partner of Pro Mente Sana and a co-investigator on the advance-directives study with CHUV. Highly comparable in mission, beneficiary base and geographic scope.
• Pro Mente Sana Suisse: The national-level counterpart organization referenced directly from Pro Mente Sana's own website. Operates the same mental-health advocacy, legal counseling and information mission at the broader Swiss (rather than Romandie) level, making it the most directly comparable peer.
• GRAAP (Groupement romand d'associations d'usagers-ères de la psychiatrie): Western-Swiss federation of psychiatric service-user associations. Directly comparable as a mental-health advocacy and peer-support organization in the same Romandie territory, focused on user rights and peer voice.
• Entr'âges (Collectif Santé Mentale Genève): Geneva-based mental health collective and active partner of Pro Mente Sana (mentioned as part of CSMGE for World Mental Health Day). Comparable as a regional psychosocial advocacy and awareness organization operating in the same canton.

Broad incumbents

• Inclusion Handicap: Swiss umbrella federation of disability organizations advocating at federal level. Comparable in policy/rights advocacy for persons with disabilities but covers all disability types and operates as a federation rather than direct service provider.
• Pro Infirmis: Largest Swiss advocacy organization for people with disabilities, operating nationally across all disability categories with a much larger footprint and budget. Comparable in disability-rights advocacy but broader in scope than Pro Mente Sana's psychosocial-specific focus.
• Pro Senectute: Swiss foundation for elderly services and advocacy with cantonal structures and federal funding. Comparable in non-profit service model, public-grant dependency and cantonal service delivery, but focused on aging rather than psychosocial disability.
• Croix-Rouge suisse: Major Swiss humanitarian organization with national scale that delivers certain psychosocial, integration and health services. Comparable in non-profit service delivery and cantonal/federal funding structure, but with a vastly broader humanitarian mandate.

Others

• Mind UK: Leading UK mental health charity providing information, support, advocacy and legal guidance. Comparable as a mental-health advocacy and direct-service non-profit model, useful as a strategic reference for Pro Mente Sana's potential evolution.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/association-romande-pro-mente-sana
• Instagraminstagram.com/promentesana.romandie

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Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries2 records

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