INTEGRASI KESEHATAN JIWA PADA PELAYANAN PRIMER DI INDONESIA: SEBUAH TANTANGAN DI MASA SEKARANG

Carla R. MarchiraBagian Jiwa, Fakultas Kedokteran,Universitas Gadjah Mada, YogyakartaABSTRACTDeveloping countries often encounter difficulties integratingmental health into community health care, and Indonesia is noexception. With an estimated population of 240 million, but withvery limited human resources in health care, especially mentalhealth care, Indonesia struggles to maintain an effective mentalhealth program. This review describes the changing processin Indonesian governmental policies concerning mentalhealth, the current status and challenges of mental health incommunity health care, and suggestions toward minimizingthe problems. Suggestions include training health workers,waging a national campaign against stigma, and develop themental health program accomodated with the need assessmentof the area.Keywords: integration, mental health, community health car