Human resources for mental health care: Current situation and strategies for action

The Lancet

Volumn 378, Issue 9803, 2011, Pages 1654-1663

  Kakuma, Ritsuko ^a,b   Minas, Harry ^a   Van Ginneken, Nadja ^c   Dal Poz, Mario R ^d   Desiraju, Keshav ^e   Morris, Jodi E ^d   Saxena, Shekhar ^d   Scheffler, Richard M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER BURDEN; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; STAFF TRAINING; WORKING TIME;

EID: 80555122845     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61093-3     Document Type: Review

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