Why Does Mental Health Not Get the Attention It Deserves? An Application of the Shiffman and Smith Framework
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- 28 February 2012
- journal article
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 9 (2) , e1001178
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001178
Abstract
Mark Tomlinson and Crick Lund analyze why mental health does not garner the international attention, political priority, or funding that it deserves, and offer suggestions to improve the visibility of global mental health.Keywords
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