Community mental health in Peshawar, the need to reform.
J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad
; 22(4): 210-4, 2010.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22455300
ABSTRACT
Community mental health is a neglected field in many developing countries including Pakistan. Common mental disorders are high in prevalence, particularly in women. Community mental health services are lacking in Peshawar, which faces a number of challenges owing to sociopolitical instability. The aim of this literature review is to evaluate and interpret current research relevant to community mental health reform, including a review of the evidence regarding community mental health service. A selected review of published literature was undertaken using the PubMed, PsychINFO and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews databases. The intervention studies included in this review demonstrate that community based mental health services closely aligned with primary care services have the potential to facilitate improvements in access to care and also improvements in mental health outcomes. It concludes that lack of proper mental health policy and non-integration of mental health in primary health care adversely affects the outcome of mental health progress in community.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Reforma dos Serviços de Saúde
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Serviços Comunitários de Saúde Mental
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
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Systematic_reviews
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Paquistão