Mental health system and services in Albania

Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 194-201

  Keste, Dévora ^a   Lazeri, Ledia ^a   Demi, Neli ^a   Severoni, Santino ^a   Lora, Antonio ^b   Saxena, Shekhar ^b  

^a WHO Country Office   (Albania)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Albania; Mental health services; WHO AIMS; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

ALBANIA; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; LAW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33751250193     PISSN: 1121189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1121189X00004449     Document Type: Article

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