Discussion of the updated WHO recommendations for mental, neurological, and substance use disorders

The Lancet Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1008-1012

  Dua, Tarun ^a   Barbui, Corrado ^b   Patel, Archana A ^c   Tablante, Elizabeth Centeno ^a   Thornicroft, Graham ^d   Saxena, Shekhar ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84994048459     PISSN: 22150366     EISSN: 22150374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(16)30184-5     Document Type: Note

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