Community-based psychosocial substance use disorder interventions in low-and-middle-income countries: a narrative literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mental health and substance use disorders (SUDs) are the world's leading cause of years lived with disability; in low-and-middle income countries (LIMCs), the treatment gap for SUDs is at least 75%. LMICs face significant structural, resource, political, and sociocultural barriers to scale-up SUD services in community settings.

Aim

This article aims to identify and describe the different types and characteristics of psychosocial community-based SUD interventions in LMICs, and describe what context-specific factors (policy, resource, sociocultural) may influence such interventions in their design, implementation, and/or outcomes.

Methods

A narrative literature review was conducted to identify and discuss community-based SUD intervention studies from LMICs. A

SUBMITTER: Heijdra Suasnabar JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7542947 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature