Mother-to-mother therapy in India and Pakistan: Adaptation and feasibility evaluation of the peer-delivered Thinking Healthy Programme

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Atif, Najia ^a   Krishna, Revathi N ^b   Sikander, Siham ^a   Lazarus, Anisha ^b   Nisar, Anum ^a   Ahmad, Ikhlaq ^a   Raman, Roopa ^b   Fuhr, Daniela C ^c   Patel, Vikram ^c   Rahman, Atif ^d  

^a Human Development Research Foundation   (Pakistan)

^b Sangath Centre   (India)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low and middle income countries (LMIC); Peers; Perinatal depression; Psychosocial interventions; Thinking Healthy Programme (THP)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; PAKISTAN; PEER GROUP; PERINATAL DEPRESSION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROGRAM FEASIBILITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; STIGMA; VIGNETTE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MOTHERS; PAKISTAN; PEER GROUP; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 85013828693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-017-1244-z     Document Type: Article

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