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Psychiatry in Venezuela

Part of: BJPsych International Country Profiles Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Edgard Belfort  and
Javier González
Edgard Belfort
Affiliation:
Venezuela Central University; Chairman, Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Service, Caracas Psychiatric Hospital; Administrative Secretary, Latin American Psychiatric Association (APAL), Av. Libertador. Edif. Majestic No. 148, Caracas 1050, Venezuela, email secretariaapal@cantv.net, belfort.ed@excite.com; Zonal Representative (Northern South America), World Psychiatric Association
Javier González
Affiliation:
Latin American Fellows’ Programme; Latin American Psychiatric Association (APAL)
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The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela covers 916 445 km2; to the north is the Caribbean Sea, to the south-east the Amazonian region and the plains of Brazil and Colombia, and to the west the Andes and the Colombian Guajira peninsula. Its estimated population (2004) is 25 226 million, which is concentrated along the north coastal area, where the population density exceeds 200 inhabitants per km2; most of the territory remains almost inhabited (fewer than 6 inhabitants per km2), in particular the border areas. The population is mainly urban: 70% live in cities with more than 50 000 inhabitants.

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International Psychiatry , Volume 2 , Issue 9 , July 2005 , pp. 11 - 13
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Desjarlais, R., Eisenberg, L., Good, B., et al (eds) (1996) World Mental Health: Problems and Priorities in Low-Income Countries. New York: Oxford University Press.Google Scholar
Levav, I., Restrepo, H. & Guerra de Macedo, C. (1994) The restructuring of psychiatric care in Latin America: a new policy for mental health services. Journal of Public Health and Policy, 15, 71.Google Scholar
San Juan, A. (2003) Political Violence in Venezuela. Some Preliminary Approaches. Caracas: Centro de Estudios para la Paz, Fundación Centro Gumilla.Google Scholar
World Health Organization (2001) Atlas. Mental Health Resources in the World 2001. Mental Health Determinants and Populations. Geneva: WHO Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence.Google Scholar
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