TY - JOUR
KW - Community Mental Health Services/organization & administration
KW - Cooperative Behavior
KW - Humans
KW - Jamaica
KW - Mental Health Services/organization & administration
KW - Models, Organizational
KW - Primary Health Care/organization & administration
AU - W. D. Abel
AU - M. Richards-Henry
AU - E. G. Wright
AU - D. Eldemire-Shearer
A1 - 
AB - Many low-income countries face enormous constraints which limit the development of mental health services. The World Health Organization (WHO) made ten recommendations to facilitate the development of mental health services; among these is the integration of mental health into primary care. Jamaica developed an integrated collaborative system of mental health care through the adoption of a primary care model which is central to the delivery of mental health care. This model emphasized the integration of mental health into primary care and, in expanding the role of the mental health team, made it more collaborative. Mental health services were mainstreamed into primary care and several strategies facilitated this process. These included the training of staff in primary care, the availability of psychotropic medication in primary care facilities and the provision of mental health beds at the community level. Furthermore, focus was placed on human development and the involvement of consumers in the policy development and service delivery. This has resulted in a reduction in the population of the mental health hospital and expansion in the community mental health services.
BT - The West Indian medical journal
C5 - Education & Workforce
CP - 4
CY - Jamaica
IS - 4
JF - The West Indian medical journal
N2 - Many low-income countries face enormous constraints which limit the development of mental health services. The World Health Organization (WHO) made ten recommendations to facilitate the development of mental health services; among these is the integration of mental health into primary care. Jamaica developed an integrated collaborative system of mental health care through the adoption of a primary care model which is central to the delivery of mental health care. This model emphasized the integration of mental health into primary care and, in expanding the role of the mental health team, made it more collaborative. Mental health services were mainstreamed into primary care and several strategies facilitated this process. These included the training of staff in primary care, the availability of psychotropic medication in primary care facilities and the provision of mental health beds at the community level. Furthermore, focus was placed on human development and the involvement of consumers in the policy development and service delivery. This has resulted in a reduction in the population of the mental health hospital and expansion in the community mental health services.
PP - Jamaica
PY - 2011
SN - 0043-3144; 0043-3144
SP - 483
EP - 489
EP - 
T1 - Integrating mental health into primary care an integrative collaborative primary care model--the Jamaican experience
T2 - The West Indian medical journal
TI - Integrating mental health into primary care an integrative collaborative primary care model--the Jamaican experience
U1 - Education & Workforce
U2 - 22097682
VL - 60
VO - 0043-3144; 0043-3144
Y1 - 2011
ER -