Innovative strategies for closing the mental health treatment gap globally

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 308-314

  Rebello, Tahilia J ^a   Marques, Andrea ^b   Gureje, Oye ^c   Pike, Kathleen M ^a  

^a Global Mental Health Program Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

mental health innovations; mental health integration; task sharing; telemental health; treatment gap

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY INTEGRATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOBILE PHONE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCALE UP; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STIGMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TEXT MESSAGING; TRAINING; HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS;

GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84901845880     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000068     Document Type: Review

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