Integrating mental health into primary care in Nigeria: Report of a demonstration project using the mental health gap action programme intervention guide

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Gureje, Oye ^a   Abdulmalik, Jibril ^a   Kola, Lola ^b   Musa, Emmanuel ^b   Yasamy, Mohammad Taghi ^b   Adebayo, Kazeem ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Integration; Mental health; MHGAP IG; Nigeria; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NIGERIA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PILOT STUDY; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NIGERIA; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84931062943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-0911-3     Document Type: Article

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