Mental health information systems in resource-challenged countries: experiences from India

Mental health information systems are increasingly being used to measure the effectiveness of mental health interventions. Little or no data is available for mental health service availability and service uptake in low- and middle-income countries. Through a narrative review, this paper illustrates...

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Autores principales: Ahuja, Shalini, Shidhaye, Rahul, Semrau, Maya, Thornicroft, Graham, Jordans, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2018
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Special Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6020906/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29953123
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2017.6
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description Mental health information systems are increasingly being used to measure the effectiveness of mental health interventions. Little or no data is available for mental health service availability and service uptake in low- and middle-income countries. Through a narrative review, this paper illustrates the importance of routine monitoring data and suggests methods for developing, implementing and evaluating mental health indicators in low- and middle-income countries with a primary focus on India.
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spelling pubmed-60209062018-06-27 Mental health information systems in resource-challenged countries: experiences from India Ahuja, Shalini Shidhaye, Rahul Semrau, Maya Thornicroft, Graham Jordans, Mark BJPsych Int Special Paper Mental health information systems are increasingly being used to measure the effectiveness of mental health interventions. Little or no data is available for mental health service availability and service uptake in low- and middle-income countries. Through a narrative review, this paper illustrates the importance of routine monitoring data and suggests methods for developing, implementing and evaluating mental health indicators in low- and middle-income countries with a primary focus on India. Cambridge University Press 2018-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6020906/ /pubmed/29953123 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2017.6 Text en © The Authors 2018 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is unaltered and is properly cited. The written permission of Cambridge University Press must be obtained for commercial re-use or in order to create a derivative work.
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