Bridging the mental health research gap in low- and middle-income countries

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-3

  Saraceno, Benedetto ^a   Saxena, Shekhar ^a  

^a Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICINE; COMMUNITY CARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; STANDARD;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH SUPPORT;

EID: 3042654757     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2004.00348.x     Document Type: Editorial

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