Guided digital health intervention for depression in Lebanon: randomised trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most people with mental disorders in communities exposed to adversity in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) do not receive effective care. Digital mental health interventions are scalable when digital access is adequate, and can be safely delivered during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective

To examine the effects of a new WHO-guided digital mental health intervention, Step-by-Step, supported by a non-specialist helper in Lebanon, in the context of concurring economic, humanitarian and political crises, a large industrial disaster and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

We conducted a single-blind, two-arm pragmatic randomised trial, comparing guided Step-by-Step with enhanced care as usual (ECAU) among people suffering from depression and impaired funct

SUBMITTER: Cuijpers P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9811068 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature