Understanding the local context for the application of global mental health: A rural South African experience

International Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 38-42

  Braathen, Stine Hellum ^a,b   Vergunst, Richard ^a   Mji, Gubela ^a   Mannan, Hasheem ^c   Swartz, Leslie ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SINTEF TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY   (Norway)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Community mental health; Mental disorder; Mental health service; Poverty; Rural; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL DISORDER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POVERTY; RURAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

AGED; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84883182746     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: 18763405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihs016     Document Type: Article

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