The mental health system in Brazil: Policies and future challenges

International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Mateus, Mario D ^a   Mari, Jair J ^a,b   Delgado, Pedro G G ^c,d   Almeida Filho, Naomar ^e   Barrett, Thomas ^f   Gerolin, Jeronimo ^a   Goihman, Samuel ^a   Razzouk, Denise ^a   Rodriguez, Jorge ^g   Weber, Renata ^c   Andreoli, Sergio B ^a,h   Saxena, Shekhar ^f  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^h CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF SANTOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMMUNITY CARE; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; ELDERLY CARE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL WORKER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 66749192330     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-4458-2-12     Document Type: Article

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