Mental health services in the Philippines

National information on mental health services in the Philippines indicates that there are substantial gaps and inconsistencies in the delivery of mental healthcare. The recently enacted Mental Health Act legislation provides a platform for the delivery of comprehensive and integrated mental health...

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Autores principales: Lally, John, Tully, John, Samaniego, Rene
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2019
Materias:
Country Profile
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6646843/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31385955
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2018.34
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spelling pubmed-66468432019-08-06 Mental health services in the Philippines Lally, John Tully, John Samaniego, Rene BJPsych Int Country Profile National information on mental health services in the Philippines indicates that there are substantial gaps and inconsistencies in the delivery of mental healthcare. The recently enacted Mental Health Act legislation provides a platform for the delivery of comprehensive and integrated mental health services. However, there remain many challenges in the provision of accessible and affordable mental healthcare. Cambridge University Press 2019-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6646843/ /pubmed/31385955 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2018.34 Text en © The Authors 2019 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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