Core components of mental health stigma reduction interventions in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To identify and categorise core components of effective stigma reduction interventions in the field of mental health in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and compare these components across cultural contexts and between intervention characteristics.

Methods

Seven databases were searched with a strategy including four categories of terms ('stigma', 'mental health', 'intervention' and 'low- and middle-income countries'). Additional methods included citation chaining of all papers identified for inclusion, consultation with experts and hand searching reference lists from other related reviews. Studies on interventions in LMICs aiming to reduce stigma related to mental health with a stigma-related outcome measure were included. All relevant intervention characteristi

SUBMITTER: Clay J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7503169 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature