Enhancing mental health pre-service training with the WHO mhGAP Intervention Guide: experiences learned and the way forward

Enhancing mental health pre-service training with the WHO mhGAP Intervention Guide: experiences learned and the way forward

Abstract There is currently a high global demand for mental health professionals, including child and adolescent mental health professionals. In 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) published “Enhancing mental health pre-service training with the mhGAP-Intervention Guide: experiences and lesson...

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Main Authors:	Silje Akselberg Iversen, Brian Ogallo, Myron Belfer, Daniel Fung, Christina W. Hoven, Kenneth Carswell, Norbert Skokauskas
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2021-01-01
Series:	Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
Subjects:	World Health Organization mhGAP (Mental Health Gap Action Programme) mhGAP-IG (Mental Health Gap Action Programme Intervention Guide) Child and adolescent mental health Child and adolescent mental health services
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-020-00354-2

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