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Annotation: Developing Child Mental Health Services in Developing Countries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2000

Atif Rahman ,
Malik Mubbashar ,
Richard Harrington  and
Richard Gater
Atif Rahman
Affiliation:
Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, U.K.
Malik Mubbashar
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Richard Harrington
Affiliation:
Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, U.K.
Richard Gater
Affiliation:
Manchester Royal Infirmary, U.K.
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Abstract

There is an urgent need to pay attention to the mental health of children in developing countries. Professionals confronted with this task face a number of challenges. Services have to be planned in a rational way, keeping in mind the needs of local populations. These needs will often exceed the available resources, and it will be necessary to set priorities. Feasible and cost-effective models of service delivery then have to be developed to meet these needs. This annotation provides a framework within which mental health needs of children can be assessed, priorities established, and services organised. This is illustrated with examples of relevant activities undertaken in low-income developing countries over the last two decades.

Keywords

Mental healthservice developmentThird World childrenneeds assessmentdeveloping countrieschild mental health
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The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines , Volume 41 , Issue 5 , July 2000 , pp. 539 - 546
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© 2000 Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry

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