Reducing the scarcity in mental health research from low and middle income countries: A success story from Sri Lanka

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-83

  Siriwardhana, Chesmal ^a,b   Sumathipala, Athula ^a,b   Siribaddana, Sisira ^b   Samaraweera, Sudath ^b   Abeysinghe, Nihal ^b   Prince, Martin ^a   Hotopf, Matthew ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Research and Development   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNDING; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SRI LANKA;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; SRI LANKA;

EID: 79952000672     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540261.2010.545991     Document Type: Article

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