The Panama meeting is a continuation of Caracas in 1990. Is a process which is being implemented to address the serious problem of mental health in Latin America and the Caribbean, and every 5 years is evaluated, proposing new approaches that would meet the essential goal of the society of these countries have mental health thereby ensuring its comprehensive and in particular to protect their most important social capital, its workers.
Some countries have made great strides since 1990 and attend the meeting bringing their experience and progress, having implemented the recommendations of the Charter of Caracas. Interestingly, some managed to find that it enact its mental health laws and make plans that are included in the national health plan.
We are still waiting for political will to advance the field of mental health so these five strategies are very important and serve to level the underdeveloped countries like ours.
Its funny how they say that we will achieve the first world and we see, as essential aspects are so backward. One thing is the economic variables, the macro numbers, another thing is the quality of life of people. A test is the great social inequality that we face.
The five strategies are
1.-Design and implementation of public policies and national mental health laws.
2.-Promoting mental health and prevent mental disorders, with special emphasis on developing children’s psychosocial.
3.-supply of mental health services focus on primary health care, differentiation conditions, prioritization and implementation of interventions.
4. – strengthening human resources and
5.-capacity to produce, evaluate and use information on mental health and to conduct epidemiological research and services.
All are interrelated and, most important to be evaluated at 10 years. Further, all states have undertaken to comply.
This is very important to us because the country only trade agreements are met, and thought everything else that regulates the market. ¨ We are therefore we are. In human deteriorating, with serious psychological problems and disabled people to their fate, no future, or present.
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