The Policy Gap. Global Mental Health in a Semi-Peripheral Country (Portugal, 1998-2016)

This paper analyzes the impact of the hegemonic paradigm of global mental health (GMH) on Portugal. We specifically argue that GMH in Portugal has effected a change of priorities in health policies, favoring the prevention and treatment of common mental disorders to the detriment of the deinstitutio...

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Main Author: Tiago Pires Marques
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu (Unesp) 2017-07-01
Series:Interface: Comunicação, Saúde, Educação
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1414-32832017000400787&lng=en&tlng=en