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Integrating Mental Health and Development: A Case Study of the BasicNeeds Model in Nepal

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  • Shoba Raja
  • Chris Underhill
  • Padam Shrestha
  • Uma Sunder
  • Saju Mannarath
  • Sarah Kippen Wood
  • Vikram Patel

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As one article in a series on Global Mental Health Practice, Shoba Raja and colleagues provide a case study of BasicNeeds in Nepal, which emphases user empowerment, community development, health systems strengthening, and policy change to help socially disadvantaged individuals with mental health conditions.

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  • Shoba Raja & Chris Underhill & Padam Shrestha & Uma Sunder & Saju Mannarath & Sarah Kippen Wood & Vikram Patel, 2012. "Integrating Mental Health and Development: A Case Study of the BasicNeeds Model in Nepal," PLOS Medicine, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(7), pages 1-7, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pmed00:1001261
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001261
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    1. de Menil, Victoria & Knapp, Martin & McDaid, David & Raja, Shoba & Kingori, Joyce & Waruguru, Milka & Kippen Wood, Sarah & Mannarath, Saju & Lund, Crick, 2015. "Cost-effectiveness of the mental health and development model for schizophrenia-spectrum and bipolar disorders in rural Kenya," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 62040, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    2. Medhin Selamu & Laura Asher & Charlotte Hanlon & Girmay Medhin & Maji Hailemariam & Vikram Patel & Graham Thornicroft & Abebaw Fekadu, 2015. "Beyond the Biomedical: Community Resources for Mental Health Care in Rural Ethiopia," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(5), pages 1-14, May.
    3. Tara Powell & Shang-Ju Li & Yuan Hsiao & Chloe Ettari & Anish Bhandari & Anne Peterson & Niva Shakya, 2019. "Investigating the Aftershock of a Disaster: A Study of Health Service Utilization and Mental Health Symptoms in Post-Earthquake Nepal," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(8), pages 1-15, April.

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