A parliamentarian is calling for a stronger Aruba mental health crisis response, including more specialized staff, additional training and police participation in multidisciplinary planning.
Comments focused on addiction and schizophrenia
Futuro parliamentarian Gino Goeloe said cases involving addiction combined with schizophrenia require serious attention. He attributed reports of increasing cases and younger ages to his contacts with Stichting Hunto, according to Diario.
Goeloe argued that Stichting Hunto and Respaldo need adequate professional staffing. He also supported giving greater emphasis to psychiatric care in training associated with Colegio EPI.
Police involvement proposed for working group
The parliamentarian proposed adding a police representative to a steering group that includes psychiatric and social-care organizations.
He said police are often called first when a person is in crisis and therefore need information, crisis-team coordination and skills for de-escalation. The claims and proposals in the source are attributed to Goeloe; the report did not provide independent case statistics.
