Human resources and models of mental healthcare integration into primary and community care in India: Case studies of 72 programmes.

BACKGROUND:Given the scarcity of specialist mental healthcare in India, diverse community mental healthcare models have evolved. This study explores and compares Indian models of mental healthcare delivered by primary-level workers (PHW), and health workers' roles within these. We aim to descri...

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Main Authors: Nadja van Ginneken, Meera S Maheedhariah, Sarah Ghani, Jayashree Ramakrishna, Anusha Raja, Vikram Patel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5459474?pdf=render