An overview of Uganda's mental health care system: Results from an assessment using the world health organization's assessment instrument for mental health systems (WHO-AIMS)

International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kigozi, Fred ^a   Ssebunnya, Joshua ^b   Kizza, Dorothy ^a   Cooper, Sara ^c   Ndyanabangi, Sheila ^d  

^a Butabika National Referral and Teaching Mental Hospital   (Uganda)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DECENTRALIZATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; LAW; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UGANDA; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77649280650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17524458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-4458-4-1     Document Type: Article

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