With one of the highest suicide rates per capita in the world, Guyana has been making very poor steps in addressing mental health issues and the state of its treatment hospital has been described as “sad”.
The country’s Chief Psychiatrist, Dr Bhairo Harry yesterday called out the authorities for inconsistent action on addressing the plethora of mental health-related illnesses.
Dr Harry told the opening of the Guyana Mental Health and Well-being conference that several plans had been put in place to further develop the level of psychiatric care in Guyana but most, if not all, of those plans have been abandoned.
