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A ten-day training on effective identification and treatment of prisoners with mental health disorders was carried out for doctors and nurses of the Medical Unit of the Department of Prisons under the Ministry of Corrections and Legal Assistance.  28 doctors and nurses participated in the training course, which was conducted at the initiative of the Foundation “Global Initiative in Psychiatry – Tbilisi”. The medical staff received a comprehensive training on such issues as: Mental Disorders within the Prisoners: Early Detection and Prevention; Methods of Intervention, Care and Treatment.

The aim of the training was to timely reveal mental health problems and to provide adequate intervention and care within the system.  The reform of the prison healthcare system is a key priority in Georgia.  As a part of the initiated reform, capacity building and raising skills of the medical staff play an important role in order to provide more qualified assistance to prisoners.  Within the framework of the healthcare reform, together with 28 medical staff, all doctors working within the prison system will receive special training in the near future.