Should development agencies care about mental health?

Mental Health in Family Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 65-67

  Jenkins, Rachel ^a   Baingana, Florence ^b   Ahmad, Raheelah ^c   McDaid, David ^b   Atun, Rifat ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POVERTY; STIGMA;

EID: 80053019767     PISSN: 1756834X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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