Why does mental health not get the attention it deserves? An application of the Shiffman and Smith framework

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Tomlinson, Mark ^a,b   Lund, Crick ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTENT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STIGMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84857723266     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001178     Document Type: Article

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