U.S. Outreach to Haiti Includes Both Mental Health Care and Medical Health Care

Published Wednesday 17 of February, 2010

The two largest health care agencies in the U.S. federal government (NIH and NIMH) are
combining forces to extend BOTH mental health care assistance, as well as medical
care to the many Haitians in need, following the recent massive earthquake in Port-au-Prince.
Showing yet again, that complete health includes both mental health and physical health.

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The other 90%, of patients with mental disorders, go to primary care doctors to be seen. Of that group, 70% currently do not received evidence-based mental health treatment by non-mental health practitioners.

(Ibid)