Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico.
Int Rev Psychiatry. 2010;22(4):401-7. doi: 10.3109/09540261.2010.505089.
The history of mental health services in Latin America, has been influenced by public policies derived from governments in turn, in each one of the countries of the region. As much in the definition of these public policies, as in the resource allocation, the rule has been inconsistency and indifference. The few results have been dependent on the decision of one or just a few people who were able to make decisions in local and regional Latin American governments. A brief analysis regarding the role and transformation of psychiatric hospitals can be found in this article, also of the workers attitudes and ideology, as well as the importance of developing better mental health professionals with knowledge of public administration and particularly in well-known strategies such as strategic planning.
拉丁美洲精神卫生服务的历史受到各国政府公共政策的影响。无论是在这些公共政策的制定上，还是在资源分配上，一贯的特点都是缺乏一致性和关注。为数不多的成果取决于当地和地区拉丁美洲政府中能够做出决策的一个或几个人的决策。本文简要分析了精神病院的作用和转变，以及工作人员的态度和思想，还特别强调了培养具有公共管理知识、了解著名战略（如战略规划）的更好的精神卫生专业人员的重要性。
