Strategies to strengthen the provision of mental health care at the primary care setting: An Evidence Map.

ABSTRACT: In a deinstitutionalised mental health care system, those with mental illness require complex, multidisciplinary and intersectoral care at the primary or community service setting. This paper describes an Evidence Map of different strategies to strengthen the provision of mental health care at the primary health care (PHC) setting, the quality of the evidence, and knowledge gaps. Electronic and reference searching yielded 2666 articles of which 306 qualified for data extraction. A systematic review methodology identified nine different strategies that strengthen the provision of mental healthcare and these strategies are mapped in line with the outcomes they affect. The top three strategies that were reported the most, included strategies to empower families, carers and patients; integrati

SUBMITTER: Mapanga W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6731011 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature