Packages of care for schizophrenia in low- and middle-income countries

Mari Jair de Jesus; Denise Razzouk; Rangaswamy Thara; Julian Eaton; Graham Thornicroft

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000165

Packages of care for schizophrenia in low- and middle-income countries

PLoS Med. 2009 Oct;6(10):e1000165. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000165. Epub 2009 Oct 20.

Authors

Mari Jair de Jesus¹, Denise Razzouk, Rangaswamy Thara, Julian Eaton, Graham Thornicroft

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. [email protected]

Abstract

In the third in a series of six articles on packages of care for mental disorders in low- and middle-income countries, Jair Mari and colleagues discuss the treatment of schizophrenia.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Community Mental Health Services / standards*
Community Mental Health Services / statistics & numerical data
Developing Countries*
Humans
Mental Health Services / statistics & numerical data*
Outcome Assessment, Health Care / statistics & numerical data
Schizophrenia / prevention & control
Schizophrenia / therapy*