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Integration of mental health into primary care: a Chilean perspective on a global challenge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Jorge Calderon  and
Graciela Rojas
Jorge Calderon
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, email jcaldep@gmail.com
Graciela Rojas
Affiliation:
Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Chile has been successful in integrating mental health and primary care. This paper describes the Chilean mental health service in primary care and the experience of scaling up a depression treatment programme. A new mental health plan is due to be introduced in 2016.

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BJPsych International , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , February 2016 , pp. 20 - 21
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