Service Guidance Package HUMAN RESOURCES AND …

1 HUMAN RESOURCESAND training IN mental HEALTHM ental health Policy and Service Guidance Package world health organization HUMAN RESOURCES are the most valuable asset of a mental health Service . A mental health Service relies on the competence and motivation of its personnel to promote mental health , prevent disorders and provide care for people with mental disorders. ISBN 92 4 154659 XMental health Policy and Service Guidance Package world health OrganizationHUMAN RESOURCESAND training IN mental HEALTHii world health organization 2005 All rights reserved. Publications of the world health organization can be obtained from Marketing andDissemination, world health organization , 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland (tel: +41 22791 2476; fax: +41 22 791 4857; email: Requests for permission to reproduce ortranslate WHO publications whether for sale or for noncommercial distribution should be addressedto Marketing and Dissemination, at the above address (fax: +41 22 791 4806.))

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4 ( mental health Policy and Service Guidance Package ) health services manpower personnel organization and administration personnel education planning guidelines 92 4 154659 X(NLM classification: WM 30)Information concerning this publication can be obtained from:Dr Michelle FunkMental health Policy and Service Development TeamDepartment of mental health and Substance AbuseNoncommunicable Diseases and mental health ClusterWorld health OrganizationCH-1211, Geneva 27 SwitzerlandTel: +41 22 791 3855 Fax: +41 22 791 4160E-mail: mental health Policy and Service Guidance Package was produced under thedirection of Dr Michelle Funk, Coordinator, mental health Policy and ServiceDevelopment, and Dr Benedetto Saraceno, Director, Department of mental health andSubstance Abuse, world health world health organization gratefully acknowledges the work of Dr Crick Lund,Department of Psychiatry and mental health , University of Cape Town, South Africa,and Dr Soumitra Pathare, Consultant Psychiatrist, Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune, India, in preparing this module.

5 Editorial and technical coordination group:Dr Michelle Funk (WHO/HQ), Ms Natalie Drew (WHO/HQ), Dr Margaret Grigg(WHO/HQ), Dr Benedetto Saraceno (WHO/HQ), Dr Joseph Bediako Asare, Director ofMental health , Ministry of health , Ghana, Dr Stan Kutcher, Associate Dean, ClinicalResearch Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Dr Itzhak Levav, mental health Services, Ministry of health , Jerusalem, assistance:Dr Th r se Agossou, WHO Regional Office for Africa (AFRO), Dr Jos Miguel Caldas deAlmeida, WHO Regional Office for the Americas (AMRO), Dr S. Murthy, WHO RegionalOffice for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO), Dr Matt Muijen, WHO Regional Office forEurope (EURO), Dr Vijay Chandra, WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia (SEARO),Dr WANG Xiangdong, WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WPRO) and Dr TomBarrett (WHO/HQ).

6 Administrative support:Ms Adeline Loo (WHO/HQ), Mrs Anne Yamada (WHO/HQ) and Mrs Razia Yaseen(WHO/HQ).Layout and graphic design: 2S ) graphicdesignEditor: Ms Praveen BhallaiiiWHO also wishes to thank the following people for their expert opinionand technical input to this module:Dr Adel Hamid AfanaDirector, training and Education Department, Gaza Community mental health Programme, GazaDr Julio Arboleda-FlorezProfessor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, CanadaDr Kathleen Allen-FerdinandDirector, Community Based health Services, Ministry of health , Basseterre, Saint Kitts and NevisDr Gavin AndrewsClinical Research Unit for Anxiety Disorders, (CRUFAD), Darlinghurst, NSW, AustraliaDr Dahlia Arsyad AlmatsierPsychiatrist, Jakarta Barat, IndonesiaDr Bernard S.

7 AronsNational Institute of mental health , Bethesda, USAMs Karine BalyanPublic health Adviser, the Netherlands Red Cross, Amsterdam, NetherlandsMrs Louise BlanchetteResponsable du certificat de sant mentale, Universit de Montreal, Quebec, CanadaMs Susan Blyth Senior Clinical Psychologist Valkenberg Hospital, Department of Psychiatry & mental health , University of Cape Town, South AfricaMr Martin BrownChief Executive, Northern Centre for mental health ,Durham, United KingdomDr Claudina CayetanoMinistry of health , Belmopan, BelizeDr Leo de Graaf President, mental health Europe, Brussels, BelgiumDr Paolo DelvecchioConsumer advocate, Substance Abuse and mental health Services Administration (SAMSHA), UnitedStates Department of health and HUMAN Services, Washington, DC, USADr Ma ga Douma Dibo Coordinator, mental health Programmes, Ministry of health , Niamey, NigerProfessor Glen EdwardsVisiting Professor, Kobe University Medical School, Kobe, JapanProfessor Alan J.

8 FlisherDepartment of Psychiatry and mental health , University of Cape Town, South AfricaDr Abra FranschRegional Vice-President, world organization of Family Doctors (WONCA), Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Professor Melvyn FreemanHuman Sciences Research Council, Pretoria, South AfricaMrs Diane FroggattExecutive Director, world Federation for Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders, Toronto, CanadaDr Tesfamicael Ghebrehiwet Consultant, Nursing & health Policy, International Council of Nurses, Geneva, Switzerland Dr Jacqui GoughProject Manager, mental health Directorate, Ministry of health , Wellington, New ZealandProfessor Eric Kodjo GrunitzkyCoordinator of mental health , Ministry of health , Lom , Togo Dr Gaston P.

9 HarnoisDirector, Douglas Hospital Research Centre, Verdun, Quebec, CanadaProfessor Edvard HauffProfessor of Transcultural Psychiatry, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayProfessor Helen HerrmanDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, AustraliaDr Ahmed Mohamed HeshmatChief Technical Adviser, Team Leader, mental health Programme, Ministry of health , Cairo, EgyptProfessor Frederick HicklingSection of Psychiatry, University of the West Indies,Kingston, JamaicaivProfessor Assen JablenskySchool of Psychiatry & Clinical Neuroscience, The University of Western Australia, Perth, AustraliaProfessor Lars JacobssonDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Ume , Ume , SwedenMs Lilian KanaiyaSchizophrenia Foundation of Kenya, Nairobi, KenyaDr David Musau KiimaDirector, Department of mental health , Ministry of health , Nairobi, KenyaMr Todd KriebleMinistry of health , Wellington, New ZealandDr Pirkko Lahti Executive Director, Finnish Association for mental health , Helsinki, FinlandDr Philippe LehmannSwiss National health Policy Project, Office f d ral de sant publique, Bern, SwitzerlandDr Peter LindleyThe Sainsbury Centre for mental health , London, United KingdomProf.

10 Juan J. L pez-Ibor, President, world Psychiatric Association, L pez-Ibor Clinic, Madrid, SpainDr MA HongConsultant, Ministry of health , Beijing, ChinaMr John MayeyaMental health Specialist, Central Board of health , Lusaka, ZambiaDr Joseph MbatiaMinistry of health , Dar es Salaam, United Republic of TanzaniaDr Ritambhara MehtaAssociate Professor of Psychiatry, New Civil Hospital Campus, Majura Gate, Surat, IndiaDr Alberto MinolettiMinistry of health , Santiago, ChileDr Yousuf K. MirzaSenior Consultant and Head of Psychiatric Services, Ministry of health , Oman Dr Paul MorganSANE, South Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaProfessor Driss MoussaouiDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Casablanca, MoroccoDr Carmine MunizzaCentro Studi e Ricerche in Psichiatria, Turin, ItalyDr Louise NewmanDirector, New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry, Parramatta, Sydney, AustraliaDr Olabisi OdejideDirector, Post Graduate Institute for Medical Research and training , University of Ibadan Collegeof Medicine, NigeriaMrs Judith OultonChief Executive Officer, International Council of Nurses, Geneva.