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The British Journal of Psychiatry 128: 513-522 (1976)
© 1976 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Psychiatric priorities in developing countries

R Giel and TW Harding

Many psychiatrists assert that an expansion of mental health services in the developing countries is overdue. This will only take place if: (i) the tasks of mental health care are undertaken by a wide range of non-specialist health workers, including those responsible for primary health care; and (ii) services are directed initially at a very limited range of priority conditions. The method of priority selection is discussed, and the process required for translation of priority decisions into health action is exemplified by two illustrations.


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