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Recent research activities in WHO's mental health programme*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

N. Sartorius
N. Sartorius*
Affiliation:
Division of Mental Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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1Address for correspondence: Dr N Sartorius, Director, Division of Mental Health, World Health Organization, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
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The mental health programme of WHO has been formulated through a process of consultation within WHO, with other United Nations bodies, with Governments, with the scientific community and with various non-governmental organizations (Sartorius, 1978; WHO, 1983 a; Lambo & Sartorius, in the press).

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Psychological Medicine , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , February 1989 , pp. 233 - 244
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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Additional references and details of the WHO programme for child psychiatric disorders may be obtained from the author.

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