Randomised trials relevant to mental health conducted in low and middle-income countries: A survey

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Sheriff, Rebecca J Syed ^a,f   Adams, Clive E ^b   Tharyan, Prathap ^c   Jayaram, Mahesh ^d   Duley, Lelia ^e   Mathew, Vivek ^g   Nandiyal, Munaf ^g   Hatibaruah, Navajit ^g   Barnabas, Jabez Paul ^g   Palani, Sangeetha ^g   Parthasarathy, Venkatesh ^g   Subramanian, Dharmendran ^g   Kangaraj, Zenobia ^g   Kumar, Ajit ^g   Peña Torres, Esperanza ^g   Gan, Christine ^g   Lim, Rongxuan ^g  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN IGNACIO   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d LEEDS AND YORK PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AGE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DRUG RESEARCH; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PUBLICATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 51249123349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-69     Document Type: Article

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