Development of a district mental healthcare plan in Uganda

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 208, Issue , 2016, Pages s40-s46

  Kigozi, Fred N ^a   Kizza, Dorothy ^a   Nakku, Juliet ^a   Ssebunnya, Joshua ^a   Ndyanabangi, Sheila ^b   Nakiganda, Blandina ^c   Lund, Crick ^d   Patel, Vikram ^e  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^c Health Department   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; SCALE UP; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARDS; UGANDA;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA;

EID: 84956953375     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.153742     Document Type: Article

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