Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: Does Mental Health Play a Role?
Open Access
- 13 September 2005
- journal article
- policy forum
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 2 (10), e291
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020291
Abstract
Miranda and Patel argue that mental disorders are among the most important causes of disability and premature mortality in developing countries.Keywords
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