Prime: a programme to reduce the treatment gap for mental disorders in five low- and middle-income countries

Crick Lund*, Mark Tomlinson, Mary de Silva, Abebaw Fekadu, Rahul Shidhaye, Mark Jordans, Inge Petersen, Arvin Bhana, Fred Kigozi, Martin Prince, Graham Thornicroft, Charlotte Hanlon, Ritsuko Kakuma, David McDaid, Shekhar Saxena, Dan Chisholm, Shoba Raja, Sarah Kippen-Wood, Simone Honikman, Lara FairallVikram Patel

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Abstract

Crick Lund and colleagues describe their plans for the PRogramme for Improving Mental health carE (PRIME), which aims to generate evidence on implementing and scaling up integrated packages of care for priority mental disorders in primary and maternal health care contexts in Ethiopia, India, Nepal, South Africa, and Uganda.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere1001359
Number of pages6
JournalPL o S Medicine
Volume9
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27 Dec 2012

Keywords

  • Capacity Building
  • Delivery of Health Care, Integrated/organization & administration
  • Developing Countries
  • Ethiopia
  • Healthcare Disparities
  • Humans
  • India
  • Maternal Health Services/organization & administration
  • Mental Disorders/therapy
  • Mental Health Services/organization & administration
  • Nepal
  • Organizations, Nonprofit
  • Primary Health Care/organization & administration
  • Program Development
  • Public-Private Sector Partnerships
  • South Africa
  • Uganda

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