Topic: Mental Health Commission
Community meeting set to discuss mental health
The Mental Health Commission and the Poinciana Mental Health Advisory Council will hold a public meeting on Thursday, 13 Nov.
Residents will have the opportunity...
Mental Health Commission urges community to advocate for change
While the community has the benefit of access to a wide variety of public and private mental resources, some residents still face challenges.
Full opening of long-term mental health facility ‘could take as much as a year’
The health ministry has said construction of Cayman's long-term mental health facility is not anticipated to be completed until "sometime in March", however the full "phased opening" could take as much as a year.
Take legal action over lack of mental health care
With reference to your "‘Frustrated’ Dr. Marc Lockhart leaves Mental Health Commission" post:
Along with my previous letter to the editor, in your May 13,...
‘Frustrated’ Dr. Marc Lockhart leaves Mental Health Commission post
Frustrated by a lack of communication and the slow pace of progress in addressing Cayman's "mental health crisis" Dr Marc Lockhart has opted not to return as Mental Health Commission chairman, a decision which he says was not easy to make.
New mental health laws gazetted
Two pieces of legislation aimed at bolstering Cayman's mental health services have been gazetted.
Lockhart: Mental health impact of COVID-19 ‘significant’
Local health experts say the mental health impact of COVID-19 on the Cayman Islands community is "significant" - even as scientific data continues to...
Letter: Reflections from England – on the subject of suicide
It’s National Suicide Prevention Week in the US, and the subject is also to the fore in the Cayman Islands. As a result of a submission by the Alex Panton Foundation, the Cayman Islands Law Reform Commission recommends that suicide should no longer be considered a crime in the Cayman Islands.
EDITORIAL – Another delay on road to mental health facility
As all should well know after years of discussion, such a facility would fill a critical need for our population. So it is doubly frustrating to learn government has once again gone back to the drawing board in re-issuing a request for bids.
Youth mental health takes center stage
The state of mental health in the Cayman Islands came under close scrutiny on Saturday, when concerned adults from all walks of life met at the Marriott for the second annual Mental Health Symposium.
Mental health facility remains in limbo
Delays in the construction of a new mental health facility for the Cayman Islands continue and Ministry of Health officials have declined to say when the project might actually get off the ground.
Mental health court helps ‘clients’ avoid incarceration
The man in the North Side park used to think the community nurse was “Becky from the Planning Department,” happily retaining the delusion despite her perennial questions about his stability.
New mental health facility to be based on model farm in US
When health officials signed a nearly $900,000 contract 10 days ago to design a long-term home for the mentally ill, Cayman offered hope to dozens of people and their families.
Report calls for 42-bed mental health facility
A new report recommends a 42-bed long-term residential mental health facility be built in the eastern districts to serve local and overseas patients with severe mental illnesses.
Government to review mental health facility business case
A residential mental health facility could save government money in the long term, Dr. Marc Lockhart said following the presentation of the business case for the project to government caucus.
