The future of psychiatry in low- and middle-income countries

The great shortage, and inequitable distribution, of psychiatrists in low- and middle-income countries is one of the key reasons for the large treatment gap for people with mental disorders. Psychiatrists need to play a public mental health leadership role in increasing the coverage of mental health...

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Published inPsychological medicine Vol. 39; no. 11; pp. 1759 - 1762
Main Author Patel, V.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.11.2009
Subjects
Developing countries
LDCs
psychiatrists
Psychiatry
public health
psychiatrists
Developing countries
public health
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Summary:The great shortage, and inequitable distribution, of psychiatrists in low- and middle-income countries is one of the key reasons for the large treatment gap for people with mental disorders. Psychiatrists need to play a public mental health leadership role in increasing the coverage of mental health care through task shifting of effective interventions to non-specialist health workers. Psychiatrists' new roles should include designing and managing such programmes, building clinical capacity, supervision and quality assurance, providing referral pathways and research.
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ISSN:0033-2917
1469-8978
DOI:10.1017/S0033291709005224