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The representation of low- and middle-income countries in the psychiatric research literature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Muhammad Nabeel Helal ,
Uzair Ahmed  and
Panos Vostanis
Muhammad Nabeel Helal
Affiliation:
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
Uzair Ahmed
Affiliation:
Department of Learning Disability Psychiatry, Leeds Partnership Foundation Trust, Leeds, UK
Panos Vostanis
Affiliation:
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK, email [email protected]
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Despite the growing importance of mental health in international and national policies, the contribution to the psychiatric evidence base from non-Western countries is sparse. Such a gap in research output between high- and low-income countries constrains improvements in public health and mental health policy and practice in developing countries, where there is perhaps the greatest unmet need. If research is to inform local mental health policy and practice, it must reflect the diverse realities of local health systems and cultural factors.

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International Psychiatry , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , November 2011 , pp. 92 - 94
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