Abstract:It was with some trepidation that I embarked upon reading this book on the topic of community mental health; its subtitle is "putting policy into practice globally" which is no small feat, especially in just 234 pages. The book stems from the work of a World Psychiatric Association task force that was set up to produce guidance on the steps to be followed, obstacles to be removed and mistakes to be avoided in the implementation of community mental health care worldwide. Information was gathered from systematic… Show more
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