Capacity building in global mental health research

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-24

  Thornicroft, Graham ^a   Cooper, Sara ^b   Bortel, Tine Van ^a   Kakuma, Ritsuko ^c   Lund, Crick ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Global mental health; Research

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; PEER REVIEW; POVERTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REVIEW;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CAPACITY BUILDING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MENTORS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84857519185     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: 14657309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10673229.2012.649117     Document Type: Review

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