Integrating Mental Health and Development: A Case Study of the BasicNeeds Model in Nepal

Shoba Raja, Chris Underhill, Padam Shrestha, Uma Sunder, Saju Mannarath, Sarah Kippen Wood and Vikram Patel

PLOS Medicine, 2012, vol. 9, issue 7, 1-7

Abstract: As one article in a series on Global Mental Health Practice, Shoba Raja and colleagues provide a case study of BasicNeeds in Nepal, which emphases user empowerment, community development, health systems strengthening, and policy change to help socially disadvantaged individuals with mental health conditions.

Date: 2012
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