Right up to that point, care for the mentally ill was the responsibility of a few expatriate nurses and health attendants who lacked training in nursing (Institute of Mental Health 2003, p. 16).
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He is also chair of the primary care program of the National Institute of Mental Health in the UK and holds an honorary chair in the Department of General Practice at Monash University.
The National Mental Health Act of 1946, which called for the establishment of a National Institute of Mental Health
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