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. 2011 Feb;198(2):88-90.
doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.109.074518.

The movement for global mental health

Vikram Patel, Pamela Y Collins, John Copeland, Ritsuko Kakuma, Sylvester Katontoka, Jagannath Lamichhane, Smita Naik, Sarah Skeen

The movement for global mental health

Vikram Patel et al. Br J Psychiatry. 2011 Feb.

Abstract

The Movement for Global Mental Health is a coalition of individuals and institutions committed to collective actions that aim to close the treatment gap for people living with mental disorders worldwide, based on two fundamental principles: evidence on effective treatments and the human rights of people with mental disorders.

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Fig. 1
Characteristics of the institutional members (n = 77). NGO, non-governmental organisation.
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Fig. 2
Location of institutional members (n = 77) and regional distribution of individual members (%) (n = 1304). Global organisations are shown as triangles and are located at either the corresponding address of the organisation or its current president. Circles represent institutional partners.
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