Mental Health Advocacy Network

Patient Advocacy · Island-Wide

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The Mental Health Advocacy Network is a patient-advocacy organisation working across the island. Activities include peer support, mental-health awareness campaigns, and support for people living with mental illness and their families. Plays a civil-society role in a country where stigma around mental illness remains high and lived-experience voices have historically been excluded from policy.

Contact Information

Website: https://www.google.com/search?q=Mental+Health+Advocacy+Network+Island-Wide+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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