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International Review of Psychiatry Volume 16, 2004 - Issue 1-2: International Project on Mental Health Policy and Services. Phase 1: Instruments and Country Profiles
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Original Article

The Mental Health Policy Template: domains and elements for mental health policy formulation

Clare Townsend Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Wacol, Queensland; Department of Psychiatry, University of Queensland, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Harvey Whiteford Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Wacol, Queensland; Department of Psychiatry, University of Queensland, Australia; Human Development Network, The World Bank, Washington DC, USA
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Florence Baingana Human Development Network, The World Bank, Washington DC, USA
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Walter Gulbinat Global Network for Research in Mental and Neurological Health, Liechtenstein, Germany
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Rachel Jenkins Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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Aliko Baba Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Public Health Network, Huntingdon, UK
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F. Lieh Mak Department of Psychiatry, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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Ron Manderscheid Division of State and Community Systems Development Centre for Mental Health Services, Rockville, USA
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John Mayeya Central Board of Health, Lusaka, Zambia
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Alberto Minoletti Ministry of Health, Miraflores, Santiago, Chile
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Malik H. Mubbashar University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
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Sudhir Khandelwal All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Klaas Schilder Consortium Centre for Public Mental Health, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Toma Tomov Department of Psychiatry, The Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
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M. Parameshvara Deva Kuala Belait Hospital, Kuala Belait, Brunei
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Pages 18-23 | Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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