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Mental health in Latin America and the Caribbean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Jorge J. Rodriguez
Jorge J. Rodriguez*
Affiliation:
Pan American Health Organization/Regional Office of the World Health Organization, Washington, DC, USA, email rodrigjo@paho.org
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Abstract

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Mental illnesses are a growing health problem and reducing the treatment gap in Latin America and the Caribbean is a great challenge. Evaluations conducted by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and World Health Organization (WHO) have shown that the responsiveness of health services is still limited. Nonetheless, from an evaluation of how mental health reform has progressed in the region following the historical benchmark of the Caracas Declaration (1990), it is clear that – despite the limitations, shortcomings and challenges – significant progress has been made in most countries. This paper briefly reviews this progress.

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International Psychiatry , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , February 2014 , pp. 6 - 8
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 2014

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