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. 2013;10(5):e1001443.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001443. Epub 2013 May 14.

Grand challenges: Integrating mental health care into the non-communicable disease agenda

Victoria K Ngo  1 , Adolfo Rubinstein, Vijay Ganju, Pamela Kanellis, Nasser Loza, Cristina Rabadan-Diehl, Abdallah S Daar
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Grand challenges: Integrating mental health care into the non-communicable disease agenda

Victoria K Ngo et al. PLoS Med. 2013.

Abstract

In the third article of a five-part series providing a global perspective on integrating mental health, Victoria Ngo and colleagues discuss the benefits and requirements of collaborative care models, where non-communicable disease and mental health care are integrated and provided in the primary care setting.

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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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