ATLANTA…The Liberian Ministry of Foreign Affairs released the country’s first Mental Health Act and distributed the official handbill in Liberia this week. The Mental Health Act also protects the property of people with mental health conditions. The enactment of this Mental Health Act was needed to markedly improve the health and lives of all Liberians,” said Dr. Eve Byrd, Carter Center Mental Health Program Director. Now it has four psychiatrists and more than 230 mental health clinicians working in health and mental health settings and in communities throughout the country. Since 2010, The Carter Center’s Mental Health Program has worked with partners to train mental health clinicians to establish new services in communities.

Source: GNN Liberia November 30, 2017 16:52 UTC