Integrating mental health into chronic care in South Africa: The development of a district mental healthcare plan

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 208, Issue , 2016, Pages s29-s39

  Petersen, Inge ^a   Fairall, Lara ^b   Bhana, Arvin ^a   Kathree, Tasneem ^a   Selohilwe, One ^a   Brooke Sumner, Carrie ^a   Faris, Gill ^b   Breuer, Erica ^b   Sibanyoni, Nomvula ^c   Lund, Crick ^b   Patel, Vikram ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (South Africa)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; SCALE UP; SOUTH AFRICA; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LONG TERM CARE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84956886271     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.153726     Document Type: Article

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