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Let's see what Google says! > Despite its limited resources, Cuba has developed an integrated mental health system that emphasizes prevention and community car
by WaxProlix 5y ago
Let's see what Google says!
> Despite its limited resources, Cuba has developed an integrated mental health system that emphasizes prevention and community care.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3610072/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3610072/
> ... We present background information and an interview with the President of the Cuban Society of Psychology to learn about current mental healthcare in today's Cuba. Mental and medical healthcare are free and fully integrated. Early diagnosis and intervention is standard as each patient is known by their community doctor/nurse team from infancy through old age and by yearly home visits.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ppc.12548 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ppc.12548
There are more, it seems they do a pretty good job of supporting community-based approaches given low funding. It'd be interesting to see some harder numbers on outcomes. Not surprising that supporting small, integrated communities has positive effects on mental health though.
- at_a_remove 5y agoQuick, now do Mao and Stalin.
- WaxProlix 5y agoNo really meaningful search results. Probably data wasn't taken very well at the time.