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ArticlePLoS medicine2018

Global child and adolescent mental health: The orphan of development assistance for health.

Chunling Lu, Zhihui Li, Vikram Patel

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Article in PLoS medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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40citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  7. Child and adolescent psychiatry: challenges, solutions, opportunities, and future directions.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2026
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  19. Agents of Change for Mental Health: A Survey of Young People's Aspirations for Participation Across Five Low- and Middle-Income Countries.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Chunling LuDivision of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-4780-9451
Zhihui LiDepartment of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-5356-932X
Vikram PatelDepartment of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-1066-8584

Funding

The Role of Development Assistance for Health in Reducing Child MortalityK01HD071929 · NICHD · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI LU, CHUNLING · 2012 to 2016
$686k
NICHD NIH HHS K01 HD071929
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In an analysis of data from the Creditor Reporting System, Chunling Lu and colleagues investigate the level of development assistance from high-income countries towards child and adolescent mental health in low- and middle-income countries.

Indexed as

Child HealthMental DisordersMental HealthAdolescentChildChildren with DisabilitiesDeveloping CountriesGlobal HealthHumansMedical AssistanceMental Health ServicesQuality-Adjusted Life YearsQuality Improvement

Identifiers

PMID29522518
PMCPMC5844520

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