An overview of Ghana's mental health system: Results from an assessment using the World Health Organization's Assessment Instrument for Mental Health Systems (WHO-AIMS)

International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Roberts, Mark ^a   Mogan, Caroline ^a   Asare, Joseph B ^b  

^a The Kintampo Project   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Ghana; Mental health; WHO AIMS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GHANA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NURSE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIST; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WORKER; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT FOR MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM;

EID: 84900024851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17524458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-4458-8-16     Document Type: Article

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