Integrating mental health into primary health care in Zambia: A care provider's perspective

International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Mwape, Lonia ^a,b   Sikwese, Alice ^a   Kapungwe, Augustus ^b   Mwanza, Jason ^b   Flisher, Alan ^c   Lund, Crick ^c   Cooper, Sara ^c  

^a Chainama College of Health Sciences   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTEGRATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 77954772764     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17524458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-4458-4-21     Document Type: Article

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