Description: This Policy outlines steps to improve mental health and wellbeing in the Cook Islands.
Goal: To promote mental wellbeing; seek to prevent mental disorders when possible; and to provide care, enhance recovery, protect human rights and reduce the mortality, morbidity and disability for people affected by mental disorders.
Objectives:
- To strengthen effective leadership and governance for mental health and wellbeing
- To provide comprehensive, integrated and responsive mental health and social care service in community-based settings
- To implement strategies for the promotion of mental health and wellbeing
- To strengthen information systems, evidence and research for mental health
