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Belize: a new psychiatric service revisited

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

C. Walsh ,
L. Ward ,
J. O'Neill-Byrne ,
K. O'Neill-Byrne  and
J. L. Herzberg
C. Walsh*
Affiliation:
UMDS
L. Ward
Affiliation:
UMDS
J. O'Neill-Byrne
Affiliation:
Oxleas Mental Health Trust
K. O'Neill-Byrne
Affiliation:
Oxleas Mental Health Trust
J. L. Herzberg
Affiliation:
Division of Psychiatry and Psychology, United Medical and Dental School of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, St. Thomas Street, London SE1
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∗Correspondence
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In 1990 a UK psychiatrist and community psychiatric nurse (CPN) went to Belize, in Central America, to set up a comprehensive mental health service, based on community clinics staffed by psychiatric nurse practitioners. This work was completed by 1992. In 1994 two medical students visited Belize for eight weeks to review the new mental health service.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 20 , Issue 4 , April 1996 , pp. 237 - 238
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