Increasing use of mental health services in remote areas using mobile technology: A pre- post evaluation of the SMART Mental Health project in rural India

Journal of Global Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Maulik, Pallab K ^a,b   Kallakuri, Sudha ^a   Devarapalli, Siddhardha ^a   Vadlamani, Vamsi Krishna ^a   Jha, Vivekanand ^a,b   Patel, Anushka ^c  

^a GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; AWARENESS; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AWARENESS; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 85023205284     PISSN: 20472978     EISSN: 20472986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.07.010408     Document Type: Article

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