Integrating mental health into primary health care in Iraq

Mental Health in Family Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-49

  Sadik, Sabah ^a   Abdulrahman, Saad ^a   Bradley, Marie ^b   Jenkins, Rachel ^c,d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Iraq)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Epidemiology and International Mental Health Policy ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Mental health; Primary care; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IRAQ; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NURSE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SKILL; SOCIAL WORKER; STAFF TRAINING; TRAINING;

EID: 79956005806     PISSN: 1756834X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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