Mental health reform in Fiji and opportunities for training assistance. Issue 2 (May 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Deva, M. Parameshvara
• Is Part Of: International psychiatry. Volume 11:Issue 2(2014)
• Page Start: 36
• Page End: 38
• Publication Date: 2014-05
• Subjects: Psychiatry, Transcultural -- Periodicals; Psychiatry -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Psychiatry -- Periodicals; 616.89
• DOI: 10.1192/S1749367600004343
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1749-3676

Abstract

Abstract : Fiji inherited a British colonial healthcare system. In 2010 the long dormant mental health law was replaced by the Mental Health Decree (MHD), which set up divisional mental health units for the purpose of managing mental health problems outside of the old asylum. The Ministry of Health recruited an overseas consultant to help improve training. Under the MHD, stress management wards, stress management clinics and stress management day centres have been set up, to decentralise and deinstitutionalise psychiatric care. These are on the whole doing reasonably well and have good client acceptance.