Accuracy of proactive case finding for mental disorders by community informants in Nepal

Mark J D Jordans1, Brandon A Kohrt2, Nagendra P Luitel2

  • 1Mark J. D. Jordans, PhD, Research and Development Department, HealthNet TPO, Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Centre for Global Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London UK; Brandon A. Kohrt, PhD, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA; Nagendra P. Luitel, MA, Research Department, Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO), Kathmandu, Nepal; Ivan H. Komproe, PhD, Research and Development Department, HealthNet TPO, Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Crick Lund, PhD, Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa mark.jordans@hntpo.org.

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