Use of mental health services in a developing country
- 1 January 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Social psychiatry. Sozialpsychiatrie. Psychiatrie sociale
- Vol. 41 (1) , 44-49
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-005-0001-7
Abstract
Evidence from developed industrialized countries suggests poor uptake of mental health services. No data exist in developing resource-constrained countries about met and unmet need for mental health service in the community.Keywords
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