Training primary health care workers in mental health and its impact on diagnoses of common mental disorders in primary care of a developing country, Malawi: A cluster-randomized controlled trial

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 657-666

  Kauye, F ^a   Jenkins, R ^b   Rahman, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Common mental disorders; malaria; non specific musculoskeletal pains; primary health care workers; training

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891767165     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291713001141     Document Type: Article

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