The effectiveness of mental health interventions involving non-specialists and digital technology in low-and middle-income countries - a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Combining non-specialists and digital technologies in mental health interventions could decrease the mental healthcare gap in resource scarce countries. This systematic review examined different combinations of non-specialists and digital technologies in mental health interventions and their effectiveness in reducing the mental healthcare gap in low-and middle-income countries.

Methods

Literature searches were conducted in four databases (September 2023), three trial registries (January-February 2022), and using forward and backward citation searches (May-June 2022). The review included primary studies on mental health interventions combining non-specialists and digital technologies in low-and middle-income countries. The outcomes were: (1) the mental health of in

SUBMITTER: Mudiyanselage KWW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10763181 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature