As part of its mental health programme launched earlier this year, the Guyana Foundation is hosting Serena Coultress, a researcher from Maastricht University in the Netherlands.
A release from the Foundation said that Coultress arrived in Guyana last week and will be conducting research into the local suicide epidemic. Her findings will be used for a Master’s in Global Health at Maastricht University, and will inform upcoming mental health projects conducted by the Guyana Foundation. It will also be made available to local stakeholders in the mental health sector.
Coultress will be meeting with, and conducting interviews with mental health professionals, social workers, representatives of