Insight and challenges: mental health services in Nepal

This paper describes the current state of mental health services in Nepal and reflects on the significant changes over the past decade. The main challenges to overcome are proper implementation of community-based services, the high suicide rate, stigma of mental illness, financial constraints, lack...

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Autores principales: Rai, Yugesh, Gurung, Deoman, Gautam, Kamal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8274424/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34287402
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2020.58
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spelling pubmed-82744242021-07-19 Insight and challenges: mental health services in Nepal Rai, Yugesh Gurung, Deoman Gautam, Kamal BJPsych Int Country Profile This paper describes the current state of mental health services in Nepal and reflects on the significant changes over the past decade. The main challenges to overcome are proper implementation of community-based services, the high suicide rate, stigma of mental illness, financial constraints, lack of mental health legislation and proper utilisation of human resources. Cambridge University Press 2021-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8274424/ /pubmed/34287402 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2020.58 Text en © The Authors 2020 https://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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