Economic evaluation of psychological treatments for common mental disorders in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Common mental disorders (CMDs) constitute a major public health and economic burden on low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Systematic reviews of economic evaluations of psychological treatments for CMDs are limited. This systematic review examines methods, reports findings and appraises the quality of economic evaluations of psychological treatments for CMDs in LMICs. We searched a range of bibliographic databases (including PubMed, EconLit, APA-PsycINFO and Cochrane library) and the African Journals Online (AJoL) and Google Scholar platforms. We used a pre-populated template to extract data and the Drummond & Jefferson checklist for quality appraisal. We present results as a narrative synthesis. The review included 26 studies, mostly from Asia (12) and Africa (9). The majority were

SUBMITTER: Mutyambizi-Mafunda V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9923379 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature