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. 2013;10(4):e1001434.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001434. Epub 2013 Apr 30.

Grand challenges in global mental health: integration in research, policy, and practice

Pamela Y Collins  1 , Thomas R Insel, Arun Chockalingam, Abdallah Daar, Yvonne T Maddox
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Grand challenges in global mental health: integration in research, policy, and practice

Pamela Y Collins et al. PLoS Med. 2013.

Abstract

In the first article of a five-part series providing a global perspective on integrating mental health, Pamela Collins and colleagues set the scene for why mental health care should be combined with priority programs on maternal and child health, non-communicable diseases, and HIV, and how this might be done.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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