A qualitative exploration of a family self-help mental health program in El Salvador

International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Nickels, Samuel V ^a,b   Arvaiza, Nelson A Flamenco ^c   Valle, Myrna S Rojas ^c  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Center for Health and Human Development   (United States)

^c Association for Training and Research in Mental Health   (El Salvador)

Author keywords

Community based rehabilitation; El Salvador; Empowerment; Family program; Global mental health; Leadership; Self help group; Social capital

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EL SALVADOR; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF HELP; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; TRUST;

EID: 85007557352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17524458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/S13033-016-0058-6     Document Type: Article

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