This policy-oriented study was launched in an effort to measure the design, implementation and benefits gained from the Community-Based Mental Health Care (CBMHC) Model developed by the Vietnam Ministry of Health and carried out through the National Mental Health Program. Using both quantitative and qualitative methods for the data collection in Ha Tay and Ha Nam provinces, this study provided 6 main and 15 specific conclusions that described the model and its rationale, its effects on the prevention and management of community mental health and recommendations for policy. Download report summary in English and Vietnamese. |