Rethinking the service delivery system of psychological interventions in low and middle income countries

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Murray, L K ^a   Jordans, M J D ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b King's College London   (United Kingdom)

^c War Child   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Common elements approach; Global mental health; Health systems; Implementation science; Low resource settings

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MODEL; PATIENT REFERRAL; ECONOMICS; GLOBAL HEALTH; INCOME; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POVERTY; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INCOME; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; POVERTY;

EID: 84978139056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-016-0938-y     Document Type: Article

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