Service user and caregiver involvement in mental health system strengthening in low- and middle-income countries: Systematic review

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Semrau, Maya ^a   Lempp, Heidi ^b   Keynejad, Roxanne ^a   Evans Lacko, Sara ^a   Mugisha, James ^c   Raja, Shoba ^d   Lamichhane, Jagannath ^e   Alem, Atalay ^f   Thornicroft, Graham ^a   Hanlon, Charlotte ^a,f  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Butabika National Referral and Teaching Mental Hospital   (Uganda)

^d BasicNeeds   (United Kingdom)

^e Nepal Mental Health Foundation (NMHF)   (Nepal)

^f ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Caregivers; Health systems; Low and middle income countries; Mental health; Service users

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY;

CAREGIVERS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; POLICY MAKING; POVERTY;

EID: 84978699264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1323-8     Document Type: Article

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