Mental health training for health workers in Africa: A systematic review

The Lancet Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 65-76

  Liu, Germaine ^a   Jack, Helen ^b,c   Piette, Angharad ^b   Mangezi, Walter ^d   Machando, Debra ^e   Rwafa, Chido ^d   Goldenberg, Matthew ^f   Abas, Melanie ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^e Women's University in Africa   (Zimbabwe)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SKILL; EDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

AFRICA; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84953323165     PISSN: 22150366     EISSN: 22150374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(15)00379-X     Document Type: Review

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