Why does mental health not get the attention it deserves? An application of the Shiffman and Smith framework

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2012

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http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14979
 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001178
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Authors
Tomlinson, Mark
Lund, Crick
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PLOS Medicince

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http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine
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Public Library of Science

Publisher

University of Cape Town

Department
Centre for Public Mental Health
Faculty
Faculty of Health Sciences
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Abstract
Mark Tomlinson and Crick Lund analyze why mental health does not garner the international attention, political priority, or funding that it deserves, and offer suggestions to improve the visibility of global mental health.
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Mental health and psychiatry
Health care policy
Budgets
Diagnostic medicine

Reference:

Tomlinson, M., & Lund, C. (2012). Why does mental health not get the attention it deserves? An application of the Shiffman and Smith framework. PLoS medicine, 9(2), 163. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001178

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