Treatment of mental disorders and pathways to care in Arab countries

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-18

  Nasser, Soumana C ^a   Salamoun, Mariana M ^b  

^a LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b Research   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Arab countries; Mental disorders; treatment; type of services

Indexed keywords

ARAB; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE EAST; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ADULT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE EAST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79751470364     PISSN: 13651501     EISSN: 14711788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13651501.2010.512664     Document Type: Review

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