Development of a scalable mental healthcare plan for a rural district in Ethiopia

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 208, Issue , 2016, Pages s4-s12

  Fekadu, Abebaw ^a   Hanlon, Charlotte ^b   Medhin, Girmay ^c   Alem, Atalay ^a   Selamu, Medhin ^a   Giorgis, Tedla W ^d   Shibre, Teshome ^a   Teferra, Solomon ^a   Tegegn, Teketel ^a   Breuer, Erica ^e   Patel, Vikram ^f   Tomlinson, Mark ^g   Thornicroft, Graham ^b   Prince, Martin ^b   Lund, Crick ^e  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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

^g STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; STAFF; WELLBEING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARDS;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH FACILITY PLANNING; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84956954851     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.153676     Document Type: Article

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