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Integration of Mental Health in Primary Care (2015)

Integration of Mental Health into Primary Care (2015)

Integration of Mental Health into Primary Care (2015)

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PURPOSE:

The purpose of this program is to enhance the capacity for early detection and management of mental health problems in Primary Health Care networks. This will be targeted through a structured training program aimed at improving not only the knowledge, skills and attitudes on the topic of mental health, but also by inducing and supporting actual practice change and integration to accommodate mental health into primary care practices of participants.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

  1. Improve individual clinicians’ proficiency in the diagnosis and management of MH problems;
  2. Strengthen cooperation and collaboration between participating countries:
    1. Develop a common language by using a common clinical tool- the mhGAP-IG;
    2. Explore models of ongoing and future knowledge exchange and interactions about clinical realities between participating countries.
  3. Help participants to better enable the integration of MH interventions into their clinical practices.

PARTICIPANTS:

Primary care practitioners from English-speaking Caribbean countries (listed below), who are working as: MD general practitioners, specialized nurse practitioners, clinical psychologists and other mental health care providers directly involved inpatient care.

Participants must fulfill the following criteria:

  • Two or more years of clinical working experience in healthcare (preferably in mental health services).
  • Interested in enhancing their capacity for early detection and management of mental health problems in their Primary Health Care networks.
  • Have the support of the Ministry of Health/Supervising Body and from their own institutional work supervisors.

COUNTRIES:

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, British Virgin Islands

COURSE CONTENT:

Module 1 - General Principles of Care

Module 2 - Mental Health and Chronic Conditions

Module 3 - Mental Health Disorders in Children and Adolescents 

Module 4 - Neurological Disorders

Module 5 - Sustance Use Disorders

Final Assignment

LANGUAGE:

English

COURSE FORMAT:

With tutors

COURSE COORDINATORS:

Claudina Cayetano, Marc Laporta, Gaspar Da Costa

CALENDAR AND DURATION:

6 August to 10 December, 2015

180 hours - aproximately 4 months - 18 weeks

 

This course has ended.

 

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