International Health
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 37-44 , September 2009

Scaling up services for mental and neurological disorders in low-resource settings

  • Vikram Patel

      Affiliations

    • London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Digvijay Singh Goel

      Affiliations

    • Southland Hospital, Invercargill 9812, New Zealand
    • ,
  • Rajnanda Desai

      Affiliations

    • Government of Goa, India

Received 20 January 2009 ,Revised 12 February 2009 ,Accepted 18 February 2009.

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PII: S1876-3413(09)00003-5

doi: 10.1016/j.inhe.2009.02.002

International Health
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 37-44 , September 2009

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