Lessons from case studies of integrating mental health into primary health care in South Africa and Uganda

International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Petersen, Inge ^a   Ssebunnya, Joshua ^b   Bhana, Arvin ^a   Baillie, Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SOUTH AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 79955108496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17524458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-4458-5-8     Document Type: Article

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