Mental health training program for community mental health staff in Guangzhou, China: effects on knowledge of mental illness and stigma
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Mental health training program for community mental health staff in Guangzhou, China: effects on knowledge of mental illness and stigma
BACKGROUND In order to reduce the huge treatment gap in mental health, WHO has called for integrating mental health into primary care. The purposes of this study are to provide a training course to improve the community mental health staff's knowledge of mental health and reduce stigma related to mental illness, as well as to evaluate the impact of this training on knowledge and stigma. METHO...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Mental Health Systems
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1752-4458
DOI: 10.1186/1752-4458-8-49