Title: Integrated care for people with long-term mental and physical health conditions in low-income and middle-income countries
Authors: Prof Sir Graham Thornicroft, Shalini Ahuja, Sarah Barber, Daniel Chisholm, Prof Pamela Y Collins, Sumaiyah Docrat, Prof Lara Fairall, Heidi Lempp, Unaiza Niaz, Vicky Ngo, Prof Vikram Patel, Prof Inge Petersen, Prof Martin Prince, Maya Semrau, Prof Jürgen Unützer, Prof Huang Yueqin, Shuo Zhang
This review describe the most relevant concepts and models of integrated care for people with chronic (or recurring) mental illness and comorbid physical health conditions, provides a conceptual overview and a narrative review of the strength of the evidence base for these models in high-income countries and in low-income and middle-income countries, and identifies opportunities to test the feasibility and effects of such integrated care models.