Joel Piton, MD, M.Ed Reach Us Project Director Center for ...

Mental Illnesses
• Mental illnesses usually are perceived to be of
supernatural causes
• Access and exposure to traditional mental health
services in Haiti is virtually non-existent
• There are only 23 psychiatrist working in Haiti
• 7 in the public sector and the remaining in the
private one
• Cap Haitian-the second largest city of Haiti does
not have a psychiatrist doctor
• Only 1% of the government’s budget goes to
medical care