Promotion of mental health in developing countries: A conceptual system

Primary Care Mental Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-36

  Ali, Badar Sabir ^a,b   Iftikhar, Rahila ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Community mental health; Developing countries; Primary mental healthcare; Promotion of mental health; Systems approach

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOCIAL CLASS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33845207314     PISSN: 14764717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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