Fresh concerns are being raised about Jamaica's mental healthcare system, with Councillor Jesse James Clarke warning that Bellevue Hospital has reached its capacity and can no longer adequately meet the growing demand for psychiatric services.

Clarke is calling on the Government to urgently expand the nation's largest psychiatric facility, arguing that chronic overcrowding is placing mounting pressure on both staff and patients.

His concerns echo findings from a recent Sunday Gleaner investigation, which revealed that Bellevue is already struggling to care for nearly 400 long-term "social cases" – patients who have been medically discharged but remain at the institution because they have nowhere else to go.