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A Critique on the Factors that Influence Mental Health Workforce Training in Developing Countries
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Author(s): Rex Billington (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand)
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 14
Source title:
Workforce Development Theory and Practice in the Mental Health Sector
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Mark Smith (Te Pou o te Whakaaro Nui: National Workforce Center for Adult Mental Health, Addiction and Disability, New Zealand)and Angela F. Jury (Te Pou o te Whakaaro Nui: National Workforce Center for Adult Mental Health, Addiction and Disability, New Zealand)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1874-7.ch006
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Abstract
This chapter will discuss the training of the mental health workforce in developing countries and make comparison with the developed world from where many of the systems and practices originate. All countries are different in the various factors that affect mental health care, mental health promotion, and mental health personnel training. But there are common themes. The relevancy of mental health workforce training is affected by treatment theory, the prevalence and burden of disorders in the country, the types of personnel available and involved in caring for the disabled, and the environments and resources available at country level. The realities and limitations of each country influences the types of people available for workforce training, the training approaches that are practical and can be sustained, the type of educational technologies available, and the retention of personnel once trained. These are the major themes addressed in this chapter with particular reference to the least developed countries.
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