District mental healthcare plans for five lowand middle-income countries: Commonalities, variations and evidence gaps

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 208, Issue , 2016, Pages s47-s54

  Hanlon, Charlotte ^a   Fekadu, Abebaw ^a   Jordans, Mark ^b   Kigozi, Fred ^c   Petersen, Inge ^d   Shidhaye, Rahul ^e   Honikman, Simone ^f   Lund, Crick ^f   Prince, Martin ^b   Raja, Shoba ^g   Thornicroft, Graham ^b   Tomlinson, Mark ^h   Patel, Vikram ^e  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^g Basic Needs   (India)

^h STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHIOPIA; INDIA; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEPAL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARDS; UGANDA;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; INDIA; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEPAL; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOUTH AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 84956880644     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.153767     Document Type: Article

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