Mental health services in new Nepal - Observations, objections and outlooks for the future

Journal of the Nepal Medical Association

Volumn 48, Issue 174, 2009, Pages 185-190

  Jha, Arun ^a   Adhikari, S R ^b  

^a HERTFORDSHIRE PARTNERSHIP UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KATHMANDU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Community mental health; National mental health policy; Nepal; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEPAL;

EID: 74849122069     PISSN: 00282715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.31729/jnma.242     Document Type: Article

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