Mental health care systems in Latin America and the Caribbean

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 317-324

  Rodrguez, Jorge J ^a  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DISABILITY; DYSTHYMIA; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

CARIBBEAN REGION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77957561559     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540261.2010.500863     Document Type: Review

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