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. 2019 Sep 23:366:l4516.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.l4516.

Achieving universal health coverage for mental disorders

Vikram Patel  1 , Shekhar Saxena  2
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Achieving universal health coverage for mental disorders

Vikram Patel et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Vikram Patel and Shekhar Saxena discuss strategies for integrating mental disorders, and other chronic conditions, into primary healthcare to achieve universal health coverage

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: Neither author has any conflicts of interest to disclose. VP is supported by National Institute of Mental Health and the UK Department for International Development grants. Provenance and peer review: Commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

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