The future of psychiatry in low- and middle-income countries
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The future of psychiatry in low- and middle-income countries.
The great shortage, and inequitable distribution, of psychiatrists in low- and middle-income countries is one of the key reasons for the large treatment gap for people with mental disorders. Psychiatrists need to play a public mental health leadership role in increasing the coverage of mental health care through task shifting of effective interventions to non-specialist health workers. Psychiat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychological Medicine
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0033-2917,1469-8978
DOI: 10.1017/s0033291709005224