A window of opportunity for the transformation of national mental health policy in Turkey following two major earthquakes

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 238-251

  Munir, Kerim ^a   Ergene, Tuncay ^b   Tunaligil, Verda ^a   Erol, Nese ^c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Emergency preparedness; Mental health policy; Natural disasters

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORK; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DISASTER PLANNING; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NATURAL DISASTERS; POLICY MAKING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SCHOOLS; TURKEY; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 4944230229     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10673220490509615     Document Type: Review

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