Packages of Care for Depression in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Open Access
- 6 October 2009
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 6 (10) , e1000159
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000159
Abstract
In the first in a series of six articles on packages of care for mental disorders in low- and middle-income countries, Neerja Chowdary and colleagues discuss the treatment of depression.Keywords
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