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Mental Health Services in Cuba

Abstract

Despite its limited resources, Cuba has developed an integrated mental health system that emphasizes prevention and community care. It consists of three distinct organizations: the Committee for the Defense of the Revolution, one of many mass community organizations that strive to protect the revolution; the policlinics, which provide comprehensive health services to geographic areas containing 25,000 to 40,000 people; and the psychiatric …

Authors

Kates N

Journal

Psychiatric Services, Vol. 38, No. 7, pp. 755–758

Publisher

American Psychiatric Association Publishing

Publication Date

July 1987

DOI

10.1176/ps.38.7.755

ISSN

1075-2730