Scaling up services for mental and neurological disorders in low-resource settings
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Scaling up services for mental and neurological disorders in low-resource settings
Mental and neurological disorders (MNDs) account for a large, and growing, burden of disease in low- and middle-income countries. Most people do not have access to even basic health care for these disorders. Recent evidence shows that task-shifting to non-specialist community health workers is a feasible and effective strategy for delivery of efficacious treatments for specific MND in low-resou...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Health
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1876-3413
DOI: 10.1016/j.inhe.2009.02.002