Mental Health Care Services in Community Settings Discussions on NGO Approaches in India /

• Main Authors: Balagopal, Gayathri (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Kapanee, Aruna Rose Mary (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Social service.; Psychotherapy.; Counseling.; Psychiatry.; Social Work and Community Development.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.

This book discusses approaches used by NGOs in formulating and implementing mental health care in the community in the context of high treatment gap, insufficient public expenditure on health, human resource shortages, heterogeneity of communities as well as cultural beliefs in India. It uses a qual...