Mental health in Africa: Findings from the Mental Health and Poverty Project

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 547-549

  Lund, Crick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN RIGHTS; MENTAL HEALTH; POLITICS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

AFRICA; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; POVERTY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 78651492272     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540261.2010.535809     Document Type: Review

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