Kafczyk, Tom Manuel; Hämel, Kerstin: The Architecture of the Primary Mental Healthcare System for Older People in India – What Public Policies Tell Us. In: International journal of mental health systems. Jg.15 H. 1. 2021
Inhalt
- Methods
- Results
- A conflicted vision for a community-based and comprehensive primary healthcare-based approach to old age mental healthcare
- Promotion of mental healthcare through the community
- Strengthening community health workers as a resource for old age mental healthcare
- Supported family-led care for (older) people with mental health problems
- Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa-Rigpa and Homeopathy are of increasing importance in mental healthcare
- Human resource development as a major topic in primary mental healthcare
- Discussion
- Strengthening the role of primary mental healthcare for older persons through traditional and existing resources
- Involving community health workers in old age mental healthcare
- The challenging path of coproduction between formal and informal care
- AYUSH: an opportunity for age- and culturally sensitive primary mental healthcare?
- Towards an unambiguous and realistic vision of old age primary mental healthcare
- Policy recommendations
- Limitations
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- References