A structured approach to integrating mental health services into primary care: development of the Mental Health Scale Up Nigeria intervention (mhSUN).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The treatment gap for mental illness in Nigeria, as in other sub-Saharan countries, is estimated to be around 85%. There is need to prioritise mental health care in low and middle income countries by providing a strong body of evidence for effective services, particularly with a view to increasing international and government confidence in investment in scaling up appropriate services. This paper lays out the processes by which a programme to integrate evidence-based mental health care into primary care services in Nigeria was designed, including a research framework to provide evidence from a robust evaluation.

Methods

This paper forms the first step in the overall process evaluation of the mhSUN intervention, where standard research practice indicates that the i

SUBMITTER: Eaton J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5870530 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature