Problem Management Plus (PM+): A WHO transdiagnostic psychological intervention for common mental health problems

World Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 354-357

  Dawson, Katie S ^a   Bryant, Richard A ^a   Harper, Melissa ^b,c   Kuowei Tay, Alvin ^a,d   Rahman, Atif ^e   Schafer, Alison ^f   Van Ommeren, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f World Vision Australia International   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; CONFLICT; DEPRESSION; GRIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM MANAGEMENT PLUS; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS MANAGEMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84942517835     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: 20515545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wps.20255     Document Type: Review

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