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Delivery Systems for the Care of Schizophrenic Patients in Africa—Sub-Sahara

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This chapter is primarily concerned with reviewing the ways and means whereby psychiatric care is currently made available to schizophrenic patients in Africa (sub-Sahara), in a fashion that maximally uses rare specialist skills as well as other limited resources that are available.

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Mustafa, G. (1990). Delivery Systems for the Care of Schizophrenic Patients in Africa—Sub-Sahara. In: Recent Advances in Schizophrenia. International Perspectives Series: Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3248-3_17

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