Implementing a digital mental health intervention for individuals with psychosis - a multi-country qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Implementation of psychosocial interventions in mental health services has the potential to improve the treatment of psychosis spectrum disorders (PSD) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where care is predominantly focused on pharmacotherapy. The first step is to understand the views of key stakeholders. We conducted a multi-language qualitative study to explore the contextual barriers and facilitators to implementation of a cost-effective, digital psychosocial intervention, called DIALOG+, for treating PSD. DIALOG+ builds on existing clinician-patient relationships without requiring development of new services, making it well-fitting for healthcare systems with scarce resources.

Methods

Thirty-two focus groups were conducted with 174 participants (patien

SUBMITTER: Pemovska T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8466399 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature