Pathways to mental health care in Bangladesh, India, Japan, Mongolia, and Nepal

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages NP1847-NP1857

  Hashimoto, Naoki ^a,b   Fujisawa, Daisuke ^b,c   Giasuddin, Noor Ahmed ^d,e   Kenchaiah, Basanth Kumar ^e,f   Narmandakh, Altanzul ^g   Dugerragchaa, Khongorzul ^g   Tamrakar, Sharad Man ^e,h   Adhikari, Shailendra Raj ^e,i   Sartorius, Norman ^j  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Japan Young Psychiatrists Organization (JYPO)   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^d Mental Hospital   (Bangladesh)

^e South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Association of Young Psychiatrists and Trainees Mumbai   (India)

^f CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^g National Center of Mental Health of Mongolia   (Mongolia)

^h Norvic International Hospital   (Nepal)

ⁱ KATHMANDU MEDICAL COLLEGE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

^j President of the Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Bangladesh; help seeking; India; Japan; Mongolia; Nepal; pathway; psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ASIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84926353041     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: 19412479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539510379395     Document Type: Article

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