Community mental health care in South Asia

World Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 176-177

  Thara, Rangaswamy ^a   Padmavati, Ramachandran ^a  

^a SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; CAPACITY BUILDING; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDIA; LETTER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NEPAL; PAKISTAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL AREA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84878607901     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: 20515545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wps.20042     Document Type: Letter

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