{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["12"],"submitter":["Ayoughi S"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Psychosocial stress caused by war, ongoing conflict, lack of security, and restricted access to resources promotes mental suffering and diseases in many resource-poor countries. In an exemplary setting, the present study compares the efficacy of psychosocial counselling with routine pharmacological treatment in a randomised trial in Mazar-e-Sharif (Afghanistan).<h4>Methods</h4>Help seeking Afghan women (N = 61), who were diagnosed with mental health symptoms by local physicians either received routine medical treatment(treatment as usual) or psychosocial counselling (5-8 sessions) following a specifically developed manualised treatment protocol. Primary outcome measures were symptoms of depression and anxiety assessed before treatment and at follow-up using the Hopkins S"],"journal":["BMC psychiatry"],"pagination":["14"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC3314541"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Provision of mental health services in resource-poor settings: a randomised trial comparing counselling with routine medical treatment in North Afghanistan (Mazar-e-Sharif)."],"pmcid":["PMC3314541"],"pubmed_authors":["Elbert T","Ayoughi S","Missmahl I","Weierstall R"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Provision of mental health services in resource-poor settings: a randomised trial comparing counselling with routine medical treatment in North Afghanistan (Mazar-e-Sharif).","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Psychosocial stress caused by war, ongoing conflict, lack of security, and restricted access to resources promotes mental suffering and diseases in many resource-poor countries. In an exemplary setting, the present study compares the efficacy of psychosocial counselling with routine pharmacological treatment in a randomised trial in Mazar-e-Sharif (Afghanistan).<h4>Methods</h4>Help seeking Afghan women (N = 61), who were diagnosed with mental health symptoms by local physicians either received routine medical treatment(treatment as usual) or psychosocial counselling (5-8 sessions) following a specifically developed manualised treatment protocol. Primary outcome measures were symptoms of depression and anxiety assessed before treatment and at follow-up using the Hopkins S","dates":{"release":"2012-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2012 Feb","modification":"2025-05-31T22:55:09.737Z","creation":"2025-05-31T22:55:09.737Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC3314541","cross_references":{"pubmed":["22375947"],"doi":["10.1186/1471-244X-12-14"]}}