Deinstitutionalization and Community Mental Health Services in Malaysia: An Overview

International Medical Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-35

  Razali, Salleh Mohd ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Community psychiatry; Deinstitutionalization; Malaysia; Mental illness; Psychiatric rehabilitation; Transinstitutionalization

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 2342544144     PISSN: 13412051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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