Integrating mental health into primary health care: Local initiatives from Uganda

World Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 60-61

  Ovuga, Emilio ^a   Boardman, Jed ^b   Wasserman, Danuta ^c  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Integration; Mental health; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARMY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEADERSHIP; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PANDEMIC; POLICE; POLITICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; RELIGION; SCHOOL; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UGANDA;

EID: 34250206273     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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