Mental health services in KwaZulu-Natal
South African Journal of Psychiatry
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Mental health services in KwaZulu-Natal | |
| Creator | Mkize, D L Green-Thompson, R W Ramdass, P Mhlaluka, G Dlamini, N Walker, J | |
| Description | This article is a summary of a document prepared by a task team appointed by the Superintendent-General, Head: Department of Health, KwaZulu-Natal. The terms of reference of the task team were to scrutinise all available documents on mental health in the province and to come up with a new doc- ument entitled ‘Strategic and Implementation Plan for Delivery of Mental Health Services in KwaZulu-Natal’, with operational plans and time frames, and to make specific recommendations with regard to community mental health services and forensic psychiatry.The documents used to prepare the new document were: A Framework for the Delivery of Mental Health Services by Institutions in KwaZulu-Natal;Mental Health Services Planning Report; Strategic Policy Document for Mental Health Services in KwaZulu-Natal; Community Mental Health Services at Indlovu Region, KwaZulu-Natal; KwaZulu-Natal Health Care Act 2000; Mental Health Act 2002; World Health Report on Mental Health 2001; and Mental Health and Substance Abuse Report.The article is divided into nine sections, namely organisational structure; education, training and research; mental health ser- vice provision; highly specialised services; community mental health services; forensic mental health services; mental health and the private sector; pharmaceutical services; and summary of recommendations. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2004-04-01 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v10i1.116 | |
| Source | South African Journal of Psychiatry; Vol 10, No 1 (2004); 6 2078-6786 1608-9685 | |
| Language | eng | |
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