'Opening up the mind': Problem-solving therapy delivered by female lay health workers to improve access to evidence-based care for depression and other common mental disorders through the Friendship Bench Project in Zimbabwe

International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Abas, Melanie ^a   Bowers, Tarryn ^b   Manda, Ethel ^b   Cooper, Sara ^c   Machando, Debra ^d   Verhey, Ruth ^b   Lamech, Neha ^e   Araya, Ricardo ^f   Chibanda, Dixon ^b,g  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d Women's University in Africa   (Zimbabwe)

^e SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^g HARARE CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Common mental disorders; Depression; Evidence based intervention; Friendship bench; Low income countries; Problem solving therapy; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMON MENTAL DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84968754674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17524458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13033-016-0071-9     Document Type: Article

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