Barriers and facilitators to the integration of mental health services into primary health care: A systematic review

Systematic Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Wakida, Edith K ^a   Talib, Zohray M ^a,b   Akena, Dickens ^c,d   Okello, Elialilia S ^d   Kinengyere, Alison ^c,d   Mindra, Arnold ^a   Obua, Celestino ^a  

^a MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^b California USA   (United States)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Barriers and facilitators; Integration; Mental health services; Primary health care; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHECKLIST; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HEALTH SCIENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEADERSHIP; MEDLINE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM ACCEPTABILITY; PSYCINFO; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGISTRATION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKILL; SPIDER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 85057502366     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20464053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13643-018-0882-7     Document Type: Review

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