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Mental health in Argentina

Part of: BJPsych International Country Profiles Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Daniel Moldavsky ,
Ceri Savage ,
Enrique Stein  and
Andy Blake
Daniel Moldavsky
Affiliation:
Millbrook Mental Health Unit, Kings Mill Hospital, Sutton-in-Ashfield, UK, email [email protected]
Ceri Savage
Affiliation:
Institute of Cognitive Neurology, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Enrique Stein
Affiliation:
Comahue National University, Neuquen, Argentina
Andy Blake
Affiliation:
Consultant for the National Parliamentary Commission for Mental Health, Argentina
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Argentina, the second largest country in South America is a federation of 23 provinces and its capital, the autonomous city of Buenos Aires. Its population is a little over 40 million, 50% of whom reside in its five largest metropolitan areas. The rural areas are extensively under-populated. The city of Buenos Aires and its suburb contain 15.5 million inhabitants, making it one of the largest urban areas in the world.

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International Psychiatry , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , August 2011 , pp. 64 - 66
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