Integrating mental health in global initiatives for HIV/AIDS

Mental health initiatives in India (1947-2010).

© The National Medical Journal of India 2011 ‘A network of decentralized mental health services for ameliorating the more common categories of disorders is envisaged. The programme outline for such a disease would involve the diagnosis of common disorders, and the prescription of common therapeutic drugs, by general duty medical staff. In regard to mental health institutions for indoor treatmen...

Information for global mental health

BACKGROUND Information is needed for development of mental health (MH) services; and particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LAMICs), where the MH systems are relatively weak. World Health Organization (WHO) has worked intensively during the last 15 years for developing a strategy in the field of MH information. METHODS The paper analyzes WHO instruments developed in this area [MH A...

The positive contributions of global health initiatives.

a Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Geneva, Switzerland. b University of the Mediterranean, INSERM/IRD Research Unit 912 SE4S, Marseille, France. Correspondence to Jean-Paul Moatti (e-mail: [email protected]). doi:10.2471/BLT.07.049361 According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the health sector has become a major recipient of developmen...

Mental health and social policy: initiatives for the 1980s.

Progress in Global Mental Health for Elders