Generating evidence to narrow the treatment gap for mental disorders in sub-Saharan Africa: Rationale, overview and methods of AFFIRM

Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 233-240

  Lund, C ^a   Alem, A ^b   Schneider, M ^a   Hanlon, C ^b,c   Ahrens, J ^d   Bandawe, C ^d   Bass, J ^e   Bhana, A ^f   Burns, J ^f   Chibanda, D ^g   Cowan, F ^g,h   Davies, T ^a   Dewey, M ^c   Fekadu, A ^b,c   Freeman, M ⁱ   Honikman, S ^a   Joska, J ^a   Kagee, A ^j   Mayston, R ^c   Medhin, G ^b   Musisi, S ^k   Myer, L ^a   Ntulo, T ^l   Nyatsanza, M ^a   Ofori Atta, A ^m   Petersen, I ^f   Phakathi, S ⁱ   Prince, M ^c   Shibre, T ⁿ   Stein, D J ^a,o   Swartz, L ^j   Thornicroft, G ^c   Tomlinson, M ^j   Wissow, L ^e   Susser, E ^p,q   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (South Africa)

^j STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^k MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

^l BasicNeeds UK   (Uganda)

^m UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

ⁿ ONTARIO SHORES CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^o SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^p Department of Medicine   (United States)

^q NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Mental health; multicultural; primary care; randomised controlled trials

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ETHIOPIA; GHANA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM ACCEPTABILITY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; TEACHER; UGANDA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84929167089     PISSN: 20457960     EISSN: 20457979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S2045796015000281     Document Type: Article

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