Why mental health matters to global health

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 777-789

  Patel, Vikram ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

critique; global mental health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG INDUSTRY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH DISPARITY; MENTAL DISORDERS;

GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH;

EID: 84911471399     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: 14617471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461514524473     Document Type: Article

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