Knowledge and Attitudes of Primary Health Care Personnel Concerning Mental Health Problems in Developing Countries: A Follow-Up Study

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Lgnacio L L (WHO collaborating Centre, Department of Social Psychiatry, PO Box 30001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands), De Arango MV, Baltazar J, Busnello E D, Climent C E, Elhakim A, Giel R, Harding T W, Ten Horn G H M M, lbrahim H H A, Srinivasa Murthy R and Wig N N. Knowledge and attitudes of primary health care personnel concerning mental health problmems in developing countries: A follow-up study. International Journal of Epidemiology 1989, 18: 669–673. Within the context of a World Health Organization coordinated collaborative study health workers in aix developing countries were assessed 18 months after their training for imporvement in their knowledge and attitude towards mental health problem and their management. The approaches to training varied between study areas, but the degree of improvement following the training, was of equal magnitude in all countries. The training process has formalized the recongnition by the health workers that treatment of mental problems is an integral part of their work.

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