Investing in global mental health: The time for action is now

The Lancet Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 390-391

  Summergrad, Paul ^a,b  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INVESTMENT; LEADERSHIP; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; NOTE; PRODUCTIVITY; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE;

FINANCIAL SUPPORT; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84964337090     PISSN: 22150366     EISSN: 22150374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(16)30031-1     Document Type: Note

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