Executive summary “Depression is a disorder of mood, so mysteriously painful and elusive
in the way it becomes known to the self—to the mediating intellect—as to verge close to …

Common mental disorders, including depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress, are
leading causes of disability worldwide. Treatment for these disorders is limited in low-and …

Abstract The Issue: Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) is transforming every aspect of our lives.
Identified in late 2019, COVID-19 quickly became characterized as a global pandemic by …

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 …

Importance Depression and anxiety are common mental disorders globally but are rarely
recognized or treated in low-income settings. Task-shifting of mental health care to lay …

Community health workers (CHWs) are increasingly recognized as an integral component of
the health workforce needed to achieve public health goals in low-and middle-income …

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 …

Background One potential solution to limited healthcare access in low and middle income
countries (LMIC) is task-shifting-the training of non-physician healthcare workers (NPHWs) …

Mental disorders are significant contributors to the global burden of disease (1). While they
occur across all levels of socio-economic status, the majority of populations in lowand …

Idioms of distress communicate suffering via reference to shared ethnopsychologies, and
better understanding of idioms of distress can contribute to effective clinical and public …