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mhGAP – the global scenario
Author(s) -
Hughes Peter,
Thomson Sophia
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
progress in neurology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1931-227X
pISSN - 1367-7543
DOI - 10.1002/pnp.546
Subject(s) - mental health , task (project management) , global mental health , low and middle income countries , action (physics) , medicine , psychology , nursing , psychiatry , developing country , economic growth , economics , management , physics , quantum mechanics
Mental Health Gap Action Programme (WHOmhGAP) was launched in 2008 to address the huge gap in need in mental health in low‐ and middle‐income countries. 1 The programme involves task shifting of mental health assessment and management skills from specialists to nonspecialist health care workers. 1 Here the authors outline the programme, examples of where it has been delivered and the challenges for the future.