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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"treatment gap"”.
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Development and scaling up of a psychological intervention for common mental disorders among people living with HIV in Zimbabwe
… problem and the lack of resources to reduce the treatment gap for CMD. It highlights the growing evidence of using Lay Health Workers (LHW) to reduce this treatment gap.
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Psychotherapy Model for the Training of Counselors in India
… care on a day-to-day basis. The demand for treatment of mental illnesses has risen considerably, though there is a shortage of mental health professionals who can deliver counseling services. The Indian government has made efforts to improve the scalability of services by training lay health …
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An evaluation of mhGAP training for primary healthcare workers in Mulanje, Malawi
Introduction: There is a large treatment gap for people with mental disorders in Africa and other low resourced countries, estimated to be between 70% and 90%. The treatment gap is mainly due to the lack of trained mental health professionals and inadequate mental health service resources in …
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Psychiatric Impact of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex and Utilization of Mental Health Treatment
… TSC have some TAND features, only 20% receive treatment, leading to a 70% treatment gap. This study evaluated perception of disease severity, presence of anxiety and depression, as well as the utilization and barriers towards mental health services among adults with TSC. Disease severity had a …
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Strengthening child and adolescent mental health systems in South Africa: A multi-stakeholder implementation science initiative
… disorders. In South Africa the mental health treatment gap remains at 90%. This thesis used multi-methods across three aims to explore CAMHSS strengthening innovations in LMICs, the state of CAMHSS in South Africa, and potential strategies for improvement. Methods: A targeted literature review …
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Development and Delivery of a Brief Intervention to Reduce Suicidal Ideation among Veterans in a Primary Care Setting
… who are not at imminent risk often fall into a treatment gap and experience significant wait times until beginning treatment with a specialty mental healthcare provider. An efficacious intervention introduced into this gap in services may reduce suicidal ideation among Veterans and increase …
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Implementing Mental Health Screening Assessment and Navigation (MH-SCAN) in a Community Oncology Clinic: Evaluations and Efficacy
… of life, and disrupts adherence to cancer treatment. Despite widespread recommendations, there remains a significant gap in identification of depression and engagement in depression treatment. To fill this gap, the University of Texas Southwestern Moncrief Cancer Institute implemented …
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Human-Animal Interactions for Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress: A Community Education Project
… less than one-half of these individuals pursuing treatment. Despite the existing evidence-based treatments for PTSD and the current stigma reduction strategies, suicide rates among the veteran population continue to rise. When compared to the general population of Arizona, veteran suicide rates …
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Mental health service delivery in Sierra Leone: Reducing stigma and exploring opportunities for expansion in primary care
… with serious mental illness receive no formal treatment. In response to the challenge of a vast treatment gap and limited resources allocated to mental health, best practices have highlighted strategies that utilize existing infrastructure and human resources. Integration of mental health into …
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Gaps in management and treatment of epilepsy in people with confirmed or probable neurocysticercosis
… countries often do not receive appropriate treatment, which besides the continuing epileptic seizures, may also lead to cognitive impairment, reduced quality of life, stigma, injuries, and possibly death. The objective of this study was to describe gaps in epilepsy management in a T. solium …
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Gaps in management and treatment of epilepsy in people with confirmed or probable neurocysticercosis
… countries often do not receive appropriate treatment, which besides the continuing epileptic seizures, may also lead to cognitive impairment, reduced quality of life, stigma, injuries, and possibly death. The objective of this study was to describe gaps in epilepsy management in a T. solium …
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Evaluating the effectiveness of mental health training on the knowledge and attitudes of non-specialist health workers in South Africa
… specialised health care providers and reduce the treatment gap resulting from a shortage of human resources. The study observations have shown that this as a feasible option that may improve mental health outcomes. This study expanded on a pilot intervention study carried out by Sibeko and …
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Screening for common perinatal mental disorders in South Africa
… and child health. The high prevalence and 80% treatment gap may be attributable to multiple contextual risk factors that women encounter as well as health care system barriers. This thesis sought to establish the diagnostic prevalence and psychosocial predictors for Common Perinatal Mental …
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When things fall apart and when they come together: Tracing the processes of a task-shared intervention for perinatal depression in South Africa
… the substantial burden, there is a considerable 'treatment gap' between the need for treatment and the provision of services for perinatal depression in LMICs. Task sharing using non-specialist health workers has been recommended as a costeffective means to address this treatment gap and reduce …
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Creating a Sustainable Future: Task-shifting for Adolescent Mental Health Care
… Unfortunately, the availability of mental health treatment for at-risk adolescents is inadequate in the current mental healthcare system in South Africa. Project ASPIRE is a counselling mental health programme designed for registered counsellors to deliver age-appropriate mental health services to …
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Evaluating the knowledge and attitudes of trainee clinical officers (COs) and the behavior of qualified COs in identifying and managing common mental disorders in Malawi
… with serious mental illness remain without treatment partly due to serious shortages of healthcare workers. The result is a large treatment gap for mental disorders in Malawi and globally. To expand mental health coverage in low-income countries (LIC) we require the implementation of …
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Treatment coverage, barriers to care and factors associated with help-seeking behaviour of adults with depression and alcohol use disorder in Chitwan district, Nepal
Introduction: Globally, there is a substantial gap between the number of individuals in need of mental health care and those who receive treatment. It is reported that 86.3% people with anxiety, mood, or substance disorders in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) received no treatment in the 12 …
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Perinatal psychological distress in the South African context: The road to task shifting evidence based interventions
… arguably more vulnerable to falling through the treatment gap, given the low rates of detection during pregnancy and the numerous additional barriers to care. The direct and indirect financial and personal costs associated with perinatal mental illness are substantial, while the high prevalence …
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A study of two models of primary mental health care provisions in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
… Countries (LMICs) and is reflected in the Treatment Gaps in this region indicating the very small proportion of people who receive adequate mental health care for their needs. While the median worldwide Treatment Gap for psychosis is 32.2% (Kohn et al., 2004), in Indonesia it is more than …
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Filling the gap: development and qualitative process evaluation of a task sharing psycho-social counselling intervention for perinatal depression in Khayelitsha, South Africa
… by non-specialists are needed to fill the treatment gap. Task sharing of psycho-social interventions for perinatal depression has been shown to be feasible, acceptable and effective in low and middle-income countries. However; there are limited data on process evaluations of task shared …
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