Barriers and facilitators to the integration of mental health services into primary health care: a systematic review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mental health is an integral part of health and well-being and yet health systems have not adequately responded to the burden of mental disorders. Integrating mental health services into primary health care (PHC) is the most viable way of closing the treatment gap and ensuring that people get the mental health care they need. PHC was formally adapted by the World Health Organization (WHO), and they have since invested enormous amounts of resources across the globe to ensure that integration of mental health services into PHC works.

Methods

This review will use the SPIDER (Sample, Phenomenon of Interest, Design, Evaluation, Research type) framework approach to identify experiences of mental health integration into PHC; the findings will be reported using the "Best

SUBMITTER: Wakida EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6389192 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature