Longitudinal assessment of an anti-stigma campaign related to common mental disorders in rural India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stigma related to mental health and lack of trained mental health professionals is a major cause for an increased treatment gap, particularly in rural India. The Systematic Medical Appraisal, Referral and Treatment (SMART) Mental Health project delivered a complex intervention involving task sharing, an anti-stigma campaign and use of technology-based, decision-support tools to empower primary care workers to identify and manage depression, anxiety, stress and suicide risk.AimsThe aim of this article is to report changes in stigma perceptions over three time points in the rural communities where the anti-stigma campaign was conducted.

Method

A multimedia-based anti-stigma campaign was conducted over a 3-month period in the West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh,

SUBMITTER: Maulik PK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6420138 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature