Efficacy of psychosocial interventions for mental health outcomes in low-income and middle-income countries: an umbrella review

C Barbui, M Purgato, J Abdulmalik, C Acarturk… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Mental health conditions are leading causes of disability worldwide.
Psychosocial interventions for these conditions might have a key role in their treatment …

Mobilizing community health workers to address mental health disparities for underserved populations: A systematic review

ML Barnett, A Gonzalez, J Miranda, DA Chavira… - … and Policy in Mental …, 2018 - Springer
This systematic review evaluates efforts to date to involve community health workers (CHWs)
in delivering evidence-based mental health interventions to underserved communities in the …

Undertreatment of people with major depressive disorder in 21 countries

G Thornicroft, S Chatterji, S Evans-Lacko… - The British Journal of …, 2017 - cambridge.org
Background Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a leading cause of disability worldwide.
Aims To examine the:(a) 12-month prevalence of DSM-IV MDD;(b) proportion aware that …

“Prolonged grief disorder” and “persistent complex bereavement disorder”, but not “complicated grief”, are one and the same diagnostic entity: an analysis of data from …

PK Maciejewski, A Maercker, PA Boelen… - World …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
There exists a general consensus that prolonged grief disorder (PGD), or some variant of
PGD, represents a distinct mental disorder worthy of diagnosis and treatment. Nevertheless …

Community mental health care worldwide: current status and further developments

G Thornicroft, T Deb, C Henderson - World Psychiatry, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This paper aims to give an overview of the key issues facing those who are in a position to
influence the planning and provision of mental health systems, and who need to address …

Reducing the risk of cognitive decline and dementia: WHO recommendations

N Chowdhary, C Barbui, KJ Anstey, M Kivipelto… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
With population ageing worldwide, dementia poses one of the greatest global challenges for
health and social care in the 21st century. In 2019, around 55 million people were affected …

Estimating treatment coverage for people with substance use disorders: an analysis of data from the World Mental Health Surveys

L Degenhardt, M Glantz, S Evans‐Lacko… - World …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Substance use is a major cause of disability globally. This has been recognized in the recent
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in which treatment coverage for …

PRIME: a programme to reduce the treatment gap for mental disorders in five low-and middle-income countries

C Lund, M Tomlinson, M De Silva, A Fekadu… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Crick Lund and colleagues describe their plans for the PRogramme for Improving Mental
health carE (PRIME), which aims to generate evidence on implementing and scaling up …

Scale up of services for mental health in low-income and middle-income countries

J Eaton, L McCay, M Semrau, S Chatterjee, F Baingana… - The Lancet, 2011 - thelancet.com
Mental disorders constitute a huge global burden of disease, and there is a large treatment
gap, particularly in low-income and middle-income countries. One response to this issue has …

Psychosocial interventions for post-traumatic stress disorder in refugees and asylum seekers resettled in high-income countries: Systematic review and meta-analysis

M Nosè, F Ballette, I Bighelli, G Turrini, M Purgato… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in refugees and asylum seekers resettled
in high-income countries presents specific challenges. This systematic review examined the …