Recent Developments in the Grenada Mental Health Program

F. David Fisher, Ezra E. H. Griffith, and George E. MahyAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: Psychiatric Services

Volume 39, Number 9

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.9.980

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The activities of a multidisciplinary team of mental health professionals during their initial year of work to upgrade the mental health system in the English-speaking Caribbean nation of Grenada are described. Improvement of services at the island's only psychiatric hospital received top priority. The team belped Grenadian staff to sharpen basic techniques ofactive treatment, which included assessment of psychiatric symptoms, development of treatment plans, and intervention with patients. Maintenance of medical records was improved, procedures for medication and seclusion were standardized, weekly ward rounds were routinized, and regular staff meetings were urged. Among the obstacles faced by the team in implementing these changes were staffs delayed acceptance of col laborative interdisciplinary team work, as well as shortages of money and personnel.

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Psychiatric Services

Volume 39 • Number 9 • September 1988

Pages: 980 - 985

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Published in print: September 1988

Published online: 1 April 2006

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F. David Fisher

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Ezra E. H. Griffith

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George E. Mahy

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Division of inpatient services of the Connecticut, Mental Health Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

Connecticut Mental Health Center, Yale University School of Medicine

University of the West Indies, Barbados

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Recent Developments in the Grenada Mental Health Program

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