Abstract
An experiment in community care, training Omanis with bachelor degrees in social work, psychology and education to act as psychiatric care givers in the community, is currently being developed in the Sultanate of Oman. This experiment is based on the Alma-Ata declaration to achieve Health For All by the Year 2000 (WHO, 1978) and WHO aspirations to move psychiatric care back into the community (WHO, 1990), and the fact that in many developing countries psychiatric care has remained on the fringe due to lack of resources and manpower.
Highlights
An experiment in community care, training Omanis with bachelor degrees in social work, psychology and education to act as psychiatric care givers in the com munity, is currently being developed in the Sultanate of Oman
The remainder of the population in the north isdistributed among the few large towns, rarely with more than 60.000 people, and numerous small villages clustered around them
Before 1970, the delivery of health services remained rudimentary and there were no modern services in psychiatry in Oman
Summary
Before 1970, the delivery of health services remained rudimentary and there were no modern services in psychiatry in Oman. It was located in the middle of the desert and is almost inaccessible It contains 60 beds (40 male and 20 female). The Sultanate of Oman: an experiment in community care are considerably oversubscribed, and the general structure of the hospital and the facilities provided are somewhat inadequate. In 1989 the University Department of Psychiatry began to function. This is a well designed modern unit, with 28 beds, within the University Hospital with occupational therapy and all the facilities of a large teaching hospital. It is hoped that in future it will provide up-to-date teach ing facilities for students to an international level, as well as leadership in psychiatric services for the country
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