Liberian Mental Health Service Users have returned to the country, following a week-long Global Mental Health Campaign Planning Meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, a release has said. The meeting convened by the South Africa Federation for Mental Health (SAMFH) and the UK-based campaign group, United for Global Mental Health, sought to improve cooperation and synergies among mental health actors across the world. It has been recognized globally that mental health services are inadequate to meet the needs. Liberia faces acute challenges in providing mental health services for its citizens, because the country has only three practicing psychiatrists at any one time, with only one Liberian psychiatrists, and approximately over 300 certified mental health clinicians, who provide mental health and addiction services across the country. From the perspective of persons with mental health conditions, the visible impacts of the failing mental health system include the number of persons with mental illness in the streets across the country.

Source: Daily Observer February 20, 2019 03:22 UTC