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Table 3 Mental healthcare services

From: Mental health systems in six Caribbean small island developing states: a comparative situational analysis

Indicator

Anguilla

Bermuda

BVI

Cayman Islands

Montserrat

TCI

Services

      

Psychiatric inpatient acute unit

Yes (10 beds)

Yes (23 beds)

Yes (10 beds)

Yes (8 beds)

No

No

Outpatient clinics

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Community Mental Health Team

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Child and adolescent mental health services

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

Dedicated MH crisis service

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

Talking therapies

Yes (public and private)

Yes (public and private)

Yes (public and private)

Yes (public and private)

Yes (public)

Yes (public and private)

Rehabilitation services

No

Occupational therapy day programme

Occupational therapy day programme

Occupational therapy day programme

Long stay facility under construction in 2021

No

No

Human Resources

Psychiatrists

Visiting (1 week/month)

5 consultants and 5 psychiatric residents

2 psychiatrists

4 consultant psychiatrists

Visiting (1 week/2 months)

2 psychiatrists

Psychologists

1 clinical psychologist (community)

6 clinical psychologists

1 clinical psychologist

3 clinical psychologists

1 psychologist

2 clinical psychologists

Psychiatric nurses (inpatient)

12

23

7

10

none

none

Psychiatric nurses (community)

none

12

3

3

2

3

Mental Health Officers

None

6

2

None

1

None

Mental Health Social Workers

None

6

1

None (recruiting)

None

1

Psychiatric aides/Support workers in community

None

6

4

5 inpatient psychiatric aides

None

None

Primary Care clinicians trained in mental health (eg mhGAP)

1 GP (out of six) and 1 nurse

0

4 GPs, 3 nurses

18 GPs (8 public, 10 private)

2 GPs

9 GPs

Treatment coverage

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Intersectoral involvement in mental health

Police respond to mental health crises in the community