Integration of child mental health services to primary care: challenges and opportunities.
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In the first decade of this new millennium, health professionals are faced with a rapidly increasing need for child mental health services and changing models of service provision. This gives us a unique opportunity to make provision for services where it has not been available before, or to improve upon the existing services. This paper examines the challenges and opportunities while attempting to integrate child mental health services to primary care.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Mental health in family medicine
دوره 6 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009