Successful ingredients of effective Collaborative Care programs in low- and middle-income countries: A rapid review.

ABSTRACT: Integrating mental health care in primary healthcare settings is a compelling strategy to address the mental health treatment gap in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Collaborative Care is the integrated care model with the most evidence supporting its effectiveness, but most research has been conducted in high-income countries. Efforts to implement this complex multi-component model at scale in LMICs will be enhanced by understanding the model components that have been effective in LMIC settings. Following Cochrane Rapid Reviews Methods Group recommendations, we conducted a rapid review to identify studies of the effectiveness of Collaborative Care for priority adult mental disorders of mhGAP (mood and anxiety disorders, psychosis, substance use disorders and epilepsy) in outpatie

SUBMITTER: Whitfield J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10579696 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature