Setting priorities for mental health care in Nepal: A formative study

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Jordans, Mark J D ^a,b   Luitel, Nagendra P ^c   Tomlinson, Mark ^d,e   Komproe, Ivan H ^a,f  

^a Research and Development   (Netherlands)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO) Nepal   (Nepal)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Development; Formative research; Mental health care packages; Nepal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EPILEPSY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEPAL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RUNNING; WORKSHOP;

FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEPAL; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84889075973     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-13-332     Document Type: Article

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