Pakistan mental health country profile

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 83-92

  Karim, Salman ^a   Saeed, Khalid ^b   Rana, Mowaddat Hussain ^c   Mubbashar, Malik Hussain ^b   Jenkins, Rachel ^d  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b RAWALPINDI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^c MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; TETANUS TOXOID;

AGRICULTURE; AWARENESS; BUDGET; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PAKISTAN; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PAKISTAN; RELIGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPIRITUAL THERAPIES;

EID: 1542509872     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540260310001635131     Document Type: Review

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