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Global Mental Health 5 Human resources for mental health care: current situation and strategies for action
Ritsuko Kakuma,Harry Minas,Nadja van Ginneken,Mario R Dal Poz,Keshav Desiraju,Jodi Morris,Shekhar Saxena,Richard M. Scheffler +7 more
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In this article, the current state of human resources for mental health, needs, and strategies for action are reviewed, and the authors discuss scale-up costs, human resources management, and leadership of mental health in low-income and middle-income countries.About:
This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2011-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 555 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Global mental health & Psychological intervention.read more
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