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Mental health and psychiatry in Thailand

Part of: BJPsych International Country Profiles Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Pichet Udomratn
Pichet Udomratn*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, 90110, Thailand, email upichet@medicine.psu.ac.th
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Thailand is located in Southeast Asia and covers an area of 513 115 km2. In 2006 its population was approximately 64 million. The major nationality is Thai. About 80% of the total population live in rural areas. The country is composed of 76 provinces, divided into a total of 94 districts and 7159 sub-districts.

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International Psychiatry , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , January 2007 , pp. 11 - 14
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