Building system capacity for the integration of mental health at the level of primary care in Tunisia: A study protocol in global mental health

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Spagnolo, Jessica ^a,b   Champagne, François ^a   Leduc, Nicole ^a   Piat, Myra ^b,c   Melki, Wahid ^d,e   Charfi, Fatma ^e,f   Laporta, Marc ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d RAZI HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^f MONGI SLIM HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Effectiveness; General practitioners; Integration; Mental health; mhGAP; Primary care; RCT; Treatment gap; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TUNISIA;

CAPACITY BUILDING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESEARCH DESIGN; TUNISIA;

EID: 85011265962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-017-1992-y     Document Type: Article

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