Mental health and the development agenda in sub-Saharan Africa

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 229-234

  Jenkins, Rachel ^a   Baingana, Florence ^b   Belkin, Gary ^c   Borowitz, Michael ^d   Daly, Anthony ^e   Francis, Paul ^f   Friedman, Jed ^f   Garrison, Preston ^g   Kauye, Felix ^h   Kiima, David ⁱ   Mayeya, John ^j   Mbatia, Joseph ^k   Tyson, Stewart ^l   Njenga, Frank ^m   Gureje, Oye ⁿ   Sadiq, Sabah ^o  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Uganda National Institute of Public Health   (Uganda)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d United Kingdom Department for International Development   (United Kingdom)

^e Nairobi Office   (United Kingdom)

^f WORLD BANK   (United States)

^g World Federation for Mental Health   (United States)

^h Zomba Central Hospital   (Malawi)

ⁱ Ministry of Medical Services   (Kenya)

^j MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Zambia)

^k Elderly and Children   (Tanzania)

^l Liverpool Associates in Tropical Health   (United Kingdom)

^m Ibadan University ^*  (Kenya)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77949377717     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2010.61.3.229     Document Type: Conference Paper

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