title: Integration of mental health into primary care in low- and middle-income countries: the PRIME mental healthcare plans.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Crick Lund, BA, BSocSci (Hons), MA, MSoSci (ClinPsych), PhD, Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, and Centre for Global Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, UK; Mark Tomlinson, BA, BA (Hons), MA (ClinPsych), PhD, Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health, Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University and Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Stellenbosch, South Africa; Vikram Patel, PhD, MRCPsych, FMedSci, Centre for Global Mental Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, Centre for Chronic Conditions and Injuries, the Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, and Sangath Centre, Goa, India crick.lund@uct.ac.za.
authors.forename: Crick
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lund
authors.affiliation: Crick Lund, BA, BSocSci (Hons), MA, MSoSci (ClinPsych), PhD, Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, and Centre for Global Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, UK; Mark Tomlinson, BA, BA (Hons), MA (ClinPsych), PhD, Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health, Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University and Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Stellenbosch, South Africa; Vikram Patel, PhD, MRCPsych, FMedSci, Centre for Global Mental Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, Centre for Chronic Conditions and Injuries, the Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, and Sangath Centre, Goa, India.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomlinson
authors.affiliation: Crick Lund, BA, BSocSci (Hons), MA, MSoSci (ClinPsych), PhD, Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, and Centre for Global Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, UK; Mark Tomlinson, BA, BA (Hons), MA (ClinPsych), PhD, Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health, Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University and Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Stellenbosch, South Africa; Vikram Patel, PhD, MRCPsych, FMedSci, Centre for Global Mental Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, Centre for Chronic Conditions and Injuries, the Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, and Sangath Centre, Goa, India.
authors.forename: Vikram
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Patel
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000191:economics*; D003906:Developing Countries; D005002:Ethiopia; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D007194:India; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008603:Mental Health; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D009390:Nepal; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000592:standards*; D013019:South Africa; D014454:Uganda; D014944:World Health Organization