Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Developing Countries: NGO Innovations in India - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761997113 ISBN 13: 9780761997115

Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd, 2003

Synopsis

Mental disorders are among the commonest and most disabling health problems affecting developing societies today. This important volume describes the work of voluntary agencies in the field of mental health with the explicit objectives of documenting innovative achievements, examining the issues involved, and determining their success and viability in the Indian setting. It brings together 17 NGOs from various regions of the country who, between them, have dealt with a wide range of mental health and allied issues from severe mental disorders, autism, hyperactivity in children, and substance abuse, to trauma and violence, suicide prevention, and Alzheimer's disease in the elderly.

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Review:

`A worthwhile collection of experiences from several non-governmental organizations (NGO) across India in the field of mental health.... A useful sourcebook in gaining insight of the various non-formal efforts in mental health care delivery in India' - Psychological Medicine

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0761997113
• ISBN 13: 9780761997115
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Patel Vikram, Thara R