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Mental health delivery through rural primary care-development and evaluation of a training programme.

Year: 1982

Type: article

Abstract: There is a growing consensus of opinion (WHO 1975) that in developing countries, doctors and para-medical staff of the existing health care cadres should, after a short course of problem oriented training, deliver basic mental health care. This paper describes the development and evaluation of such a training programme.

Source: PubMed Central

Authors: M K Isaac, R L Kapur, C R Chandrashekar, M Kapur, R Pathasarathy

Institution: National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences

Language: English

Topic: Mental Health Treatment and Access

Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W50436140

FWCI: 1.031

Cites: 8

Cited by: 21

Related to: 10