Human Resources for Mental Health Service Delivery in Viet Nam: Toward Achieving Universal Health Coverage

Table of Contents

• Front Cover 1
• Contents 5
• Acknowledgments 7
• About the Authors 9
• Executive Summary 11
• Abbreviations 17
• Chapter 1 Introduction 19
• Increased burden of disease due to mental disorders 19
• Progress toward achieving universal health coverage for mental disorders 21
• Need for a study on human resources for mental health 0
• Study objectives, framework, scope, and data collection methods 24
• Notes 27
• References 27
• Chapter 2 Mental Health Service Coverage in Viet Nam 33
• Introduction 33
• Overview of mental health service delivery networks 33
• Mental health care services in the health sector 33
• Mental health care and rehabilitation in the social sector 39
• Mental health services in the education sector 43
• Informal caregivers for people with mental disorders 44
• Notes 45
• References 46
• Chapter 3 Mental Health Workforce in Viet Nam 49
• Introduction 49
• Types of mental health professionals in Viet Nam 0
• Psychiatrists and mental health doctors 49
• Mental health nurses 54
• Psychologists 56
• Social service workers 58
• Notes 60
• References 60
• Chapter 4 Mental Health Education and Training in Viet Nam 63
• Introduction 63
• Education and training for psychiatry 63
• Education and training for mental health nursing 66
• Education and training for psychology 68
• Education and training for social work 68
• References 71
• Chapter 5 Conclusions and Recommendations 73
• Conclusions 73
• Recommendations 74
• Notes 76
• References 77
• Box 70
• Box 4.1 Social work training for mental health care 70
• Figures 25
• Figure 1.1 Framework for assessing human resources for mental health service delivery toward achieving UHC in Viet Nam 25
• Figure 2.1 Key mental health service providers across sectors in Viet Nam 34
• Figure 2.2 Distribution of psychiatric beds across regions in Viet Nam, 2021 36
• Figure 2.3 Percentage of people with SMIs staying in psychiatric rehabilitation centers and SPCs across regions in Viet Nam, 2021 40
• Figure 2.4 Public and private welfare institutions in Viet Nam’s social sector, 2021 42
• Figure 3.1 Psychiatrists per 100,000 population in Viet Nam and other countries, by World Bank income group, 2021 50
• Figure 3.2 Psychiatrists and mental health doctors per 100,000 population in Viet Nam, by geo-economic region, 2021 51
• Figure 3.3 Mental health care facilities’ planned and actual recruitment of medical doctors, 2016–20 53
• Figure 3.4 Job satisfaction of psychiatrists and mental health doctors, 2021 53
• Figure 3.5 Job satisfaction, average income, and years on the job of psychiatrists and mental health doctors, 2021 54
• Figure 3.6 Nurses per 100,000 population in Viet Nam and other countries, by World Bank income group, 2021 55
• Figure 3.7 Mental health care facilities’ planned and actual recruitment of nurses, 2016–20 55
• Figure 3.8 Mental health nurses per 100,000 population in Viet Nam, by geo-economic region, 2021 56
• Figure 3.9 Job satisfaction of mental health nurses, 2021 56
• Figure 4.1 Career pathway in psychiatry in Viet Nam 64
• Figure 4.2 Psychiatry programs offered by medical universities in Viet Nam, 2021 64
• Figure 4.3 Training courses in psychiatry offered by medical universities in Viet Nam, 2021 66
• Maps 35
• Map 2.1 Total psychiatric hospital and residential beds per 100,000 population in Viet Nam mainland, 2021 35
• Map 3.1 Distribution of psychiatrists in Viet Nam mainland, 2021 52
• Tables 50
• Table 3.1 Formal mental health professionals in Viet Nam 50
• Table 4.1 Education institutions for health professionals in Viet Nam, 2020 67
• Table 4.2 Mental health content in social work training programs 69