A model for community mental health services in South Africa

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1040-1047

  Lund, Crick ^a   Flisher, Alan J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Community mental health services; Health planning; Mental health policy; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; HUMAN RESOURCE; MENTAL HEALTH; PLANNING PRACTICE;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DAY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOUTH AFRICA;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 69249201091     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02332.x     Document Type: Article

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