Implementing psychosocial interventions within low and middle-income countries to improve community-based care for people with psychosis-A situation analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Globally, a treatment gap exists for individuals with severe mental illness, with 75% of people with psychosis failing to receive appropriate care. This is most pronounced in low and middle-income countries, where there are neither the financial nor human resources to provide high-quality community-based care. Low-cost, evidence-based interventions are urgently needed to address this treatment gap.

Aim

To conduct a situation analysis to (i) describe the provision of psychosocial interventions within the context of existing care in two LMICs-India and Pakistan, and (ii) understand the barriers and facilitators of delivering a new psychosocial intervention.

Method

A situation analysis including a quantitative survey and individual interviews with clinicians,

SUBMITTER: Bird VJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9376469 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature