Scale-up costs and societal benefits of psychological interventions for alcohol use and depressive disorders in India.

ABSTRACT: There is growing evidence for cost-effective psychological interventions by lay health workers for managing mental health problems. In India, Counseling for Alcohol Problems (CAP) and Healthy Activity Program (HAP) have been shown to have sustained cost-effectiveness for improving harmful alcohol use among males and depression remission among both sexes, respectively. We conducted a retrospective analysis of annual costs and economic benefits of CAP and HAP national scale-up with 2019 as the baseline. The CAP and HAP per capita integration costs were obtained from original studies, prevalence and disability-adjusted life-years for alcohol use disorders (AUD) and depressive disorders for 20-64 years old males and females from Global Burden of Disease study, and treatment gaps from National

SUBMITTER: Zadey S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10501670 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature