Building mental health workforce capacity through training and retention of psychiatrists in Zimbabwe

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 453-459

  Abas, Melanie A ^a,b   Nhiwatiwa, Sekai M ^b   Mangezi, Walter ^b   Jack, Helen ^a,c   Piette, Angharad ^a,b   Cowan, Frances M ^d,e   Barley, Elizabeth ^a   Chingono, Alfred ^b   Iversen, Amy ^a   Chibanda, Dixon ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e CENTRE FOR SEXUAL HEALTH AND HIV AIDS RESEARCH   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHIATRY; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; ZIMBABWE; CAPACITY BUILDING; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MANPOWER; PROCEDURES;

CAPACITY BUILDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PSYCHIATRY; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84907878464     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540261.2014.924487     Document Type: Article

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