Overcoming cultural barriers to deliver comprehensive rural community mental health care in Southern India
Asian Journal of PsychiatryPublished 10 November 2011
Geetha Jayaram, B. Ramakrishna Goud, Krishnamachari Srinivasan
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Rural mental health care must be culturally congruent, integrate primary care and local community workers for success, and the lack of accessibility, comprehensive care, the use of indigenous case workers and primary care professionals is of note.
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Rural mental health care must be culturally congruent, integrate primary care and local community workers for success.
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