Delivering the Thinking Healthy Programme for perinatal depression through peers: an individually randomised controlled trial in India

The Lancet Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 115-127

  Fuhr, Daniela C ^a   Weobong, Benedict ^a,b,c   Lazarus, Anisha ^c   Vanobberghen, Fiona ^a   Weiss, Helen A ^a   Singla, Daisy Radha ^d,e   Tabana, Hanani ^f   Afonso, Ejma ^c   De Sa, Aveena ^c   D'Souza, Ethel ^c   Joshi, Akankasha ^c   Korgaonkar, Priya ^c   Krishna, Revathi ^c   Price, LeShawndra N ^g   Rahman, Atif ^h   Patel, Vikram ^c,i  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c Sangath Centre   (India)

^d Women s College Hospital   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INDIA; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LAYPERSON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PEER GROUP; PERINATAL DEPRESSION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM COST EFFECTIVENESS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; THINKING HEALTHY PROGRAM; ADOLESCENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIA; PEER GROUP; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85060352943     PISSN: 22150366     EISSN: 22150374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(18)30466-8     Document Type: Article

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