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Developing a Mental Health Curriculum to Build Capacity and Improve Access to Mental Health Care in Rural Guatemala

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Yedida Rissman and Shani Isaac received funding for this project from the Stanford University Center for Innovation in Global Health. Jorge Alejandro Paiz is the founder of ALAS Pro Salud Mental, a non-governmental organization that has received funding from the pharmaceutical company Sanofi. Sanofi had no input on the content of this paper.

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  1. Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, USA

    Yedida Z. Rissman, Christina T. Khan, Shani K. Isaac & Sallie G. DeGolia

  2. Universidad Francisco Marroquin School of Medicine, Guatemala, Guatemala

    Jorge Alejandro Paiz

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Rissman, Y.Z., Khan, C.T., Isaac, S.K. et al. Developing a Mental Health Curriculum to Build Capacity and Improve Access to Mental Health Care in Rural Guatemala. Acad Psychiatry 40, 692–694 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-016-0500-8

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