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Mental health services in Nicaragua: Ten years of revolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Alison Harris  and
Tammy Shefer
Alison Harris
Affiliation:
James Pringle House, The Middlesex Hospital, 73–75 Charlotte Street, London W1N 8AA
Tammy Shefer
Affiliation:
University of Cape Town), Labour and Community Resources Project (LACOM), SACHED Trust, PO Box 11350, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa
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Nicaragua is celebrating ten years of revolution since the overthrow of the 45 year long Somoza dictatorship∗. In this time, the Sandinista government has attempted to construct a more democratic society with considerable achievements in the area of health, welfare and education. Indeed, health care has been a priority in spite of severe economic difficulties caused by the United States economic blockade and by the need for defence against the war waged by the counter-revolutionaries (the Contra).

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 14 , Issue 6 , June 1990 , pp. 346 - 350
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