Department of Community Health & Psychiatry — UWI

University Department

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The Department of Community Health and Psychiatry at UWI Mona, Kingston 7, is the academic home of Jamaican psychiatry. It trains psychiatrists and community mental-health professionals, runs public clinics through the University Hospital, and produces the bulk of Jamaica's mental-health research. Headed in recent years by figures including Dr Wendel Abel.

Contact Information

Address: Mona, Kingston 7

Website: https://www.google.com/search?q=Department+of+Community+Health+%26+Psychiatry+%E2%80%94+UWI+Jamaica

About mental health in Jamaica

Mental health support is available across Jamaica through public and private services. The Bellevue Hospital in Kingston is the main public psychiatric facility. University Hospital and private practitioners across Kingston, Mobay, and Mandeville offer confidential counselling and therapy. Choose Life International runs a 24/7 suicide prevention hotline. Faith-based and community support groups meet across all parishes.

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