Integration of mental health into primary care in low- and middle-income countries: the PRIME mental healthcare plans.

Crick Lund; Mark Tomlinson; Vikram Patel; (2015) Integration of mental health into primary care in low- and middle-income countries: the PRIME mental healthcare plans. The British journal of psychiatry, 208 Su (Suppl ). s1-s3. ISSN 0007-1250 DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.153668

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This supplement outlines the development and piloting of district mental healthcare plans from five low- and middle-income countries, together with the methods for their design, evaluation and costing. In this editorial we consider the challenges that these programmes face, highlight their innovations and draw conclusions.