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Research. She currently is Director of Policy and Practice for BasicNeeds which involves overall monitoring, evaluation, impact assessment and quality assurance of all field programmes of the countries where the organisation operates. Since 2000, the organisation has reached 78,036 people with mental illness or
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which works with people with mental disorders and their carers in Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Lao PDR and Vietnam. Here she took on a number of research roles, starting as a Research Policy Analyst, then later becoming Programme Manager for International Policy and
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at the London School of Economics, she is a member of the advisory group for the Movement for Global Mental Health, a global network of individuals and institutions who are committed to scaling up of evidence-based services for people living with mental disorders, as well as an advisor to the
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Raja has worked in collaborative research projects with Kingston University in Ontario, Canada, and currently manages BasicNeeds' collaborations with the
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where she fulfilled a number of research and consultant roles, as well as a number of other organisations working with people with disabilities.
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in India that works with women's self-help groups providing them credit, business training and on-going support for socio-economic growth.
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Just People… Nothing Special, Nothing Unusual: A field Worker’s introduction to Disability Rights and Community Based Rehabilitation
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for various organisations in Mumbai, including "Asha Sadan", a home for destitute women and children and adoption center,
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Evaluating Functional and Economic Outcomes of the Mental Health and Development Model in Northern Karnataka, India
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is an Indian psychologist and known for her work in developmental issues of vulnerable groups within the field of
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Herrman, H, (2010). WPA Project on Partnerships for Best Practices in Working with Service Users and Carers,
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Community Mental Health Practice: Seven Essential Features for Scaling Up in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
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Success Indicators for Integrating Mental Health Interventions with Community-based Rehabilitation Projects
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Standing on our own Feet: The Experiences of a Group of Young Disabled Indian Women in Independent Living
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To demonstrate the mainstreaming of poor mentally ill people in Kangemi informal settlements in Nairobi
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Barriers in the Mind: Promoting an Economic Case for Mental Health in Low and Middle-Income Countries
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An Introduction to Mental Health: Facilitators Manual for Training Community Health Workers in India
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and World Organization of Family Doctors (Wonca), Switzerland: WHO Press. 2008. pp. 109–123
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India: Integrated Primary Care for Mental Health in the Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala State
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Building Regional Alliances to sustain Community Mental Health and Development in Northern Ghana
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Evaluating Economic Outcomes of the Mental Health and Development Model in Andhra Pradesh, India
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Integrating Community Mental Health and Development for Poor Urban Communities in Accra, Ghana
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Sustaining Community-based approach to Mental Health and Development in Bihar and Jharkhand
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Demographic and Economic Characteristics of People with Mental Illness: A study in Ghana
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Evaluating Economic Outcomes of the Mental Health and Development Model in North India
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Boyce W, Raja S, Patranabish R G, Truelove B, Deme-der D & Gallupe O, 2009.
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Mapping Mental Health Financing in Ghana, Uganda, Sri Lanka, India and Lao PDR
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and later with a Masters in Medical and Psychiatric Social Work from the
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Raja S, Kermode M, Gibson K, Manarath S, Devine A, Sunder U. (2009).
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Mid-Term Evaluation of DFID (UK) supported programme, October 2005
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Social Audit Report of the Community Based Rehabilitation Project
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Mid-Term Review Mission: Gujarat Mental Health Support Programme
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Mental Health: Access to Treatment and Macro-Economics in Ghana
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Raja S, Boyce W, Patranabhish R, Antwi-Bekow T, Deme-der D.
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Occupation, poverty and mental health improvement in Ghana
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Raja S, Kippen S, Mannarath S, Mishra SK, Mohammed S.
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Raja S, Boyce, W F, Ramani, S, Underhill, C, (2008)
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Integrating Mental Health and Development in Uganda
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Raja later joined 50:Learn how and when to remove these messages 778:"Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health" 272:She graduated with a bachelor's degree in 879:20th-century Indian educational theorists 396:Access to Psychiatric Medicines in Africa 231:Learn how and when to remove this message 213:Learn how and when to remove this message 632:Underhill C, Raja S, Yaro P, Kingori J. 736:. The Movement for Global Mental Health 671: 625:Underhill C, Raja S, Surendranathan V. 564:Mental Illness and Economic Well Being 380:Peer Reviewed Papers and Book Chapters 889:20th-century Indian social scientists 622:(UK) supported programme, August 2006 496:Raja S, Bhaskaran N, Bell E, (2003). 483:Raja S, Tebboth M, Astbury T. (2008) 7: 884:20th-century Indian women scientists 128:notability guideline for biographies 412:McDaid, D, Raja S, Knapp M. (2008) 333:Queensland University of Technology 849:Indian disability rights activists 578:Boyce W, Raja S, Boyce E, (1999). 448:Boyce W, Raja S, Boyce E, (2003). 295:In 1999, Raja began her work with 14: 869:Women scientists from Maharashtra 650:, The Spastics Society of India, 500:, Books for Change Publications, 441:Boyce W, Raja S, Boyce E, (2001) 282:Tata Institute of Social Sciences 31:This article has multiple issues. 914:Women educators from Maharashtra 539:Raja S, Kippen S, Janardhana N. 115: 61: 20: 909:Social workers from Maharashtra 758:. World Psychiatric Association 39:or discuss these issues on the 712:"Visitors affiliated to PSSRU" 596:End project evaluation of the 421:Raja S, Mannarath S, Sagar T. 1: 462:Raja S, Underhill C. (2009). 369:non-banking financial company 353:World Psychiatric Association 290:The Spastics Society of India 924:20th-century women educators 830:London School of Economics, 714:. London School of Economics 685:. BasicNeeds. 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World Psychiatry, 7(2) 126:may not meet Knowledge's 450:Standing on our own Feet 443:Standing on our own Feet 400:Indiana University Press 792:"Janodaya Public Trust" 643:, India, December 2004. 618:Mid-Term Evaluation of 477:University of Melbourne 329:University of Melbourne 325:University of Cape Town 76:, as no other articles 874:Scientists from Mumbai 864:Indian women activists 603:Underhill C, Raja S. 250: 614:Underhill C, Raja S. 592:Underhill C, Raja S. 509:Urban Slums Reach Out 286:Medical social worker 248: 899:Indian psychologists 832:Visitors: Shoba Raja 278:University of Bombay 525:. 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