Task sharing for the care of severe mental disorders in a low-income country (TaSCS): study protocol for a randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial

Hanlon, Charlotte; Alem, Atalay; Medhin, Girmay; Shibre, Teshome; A. Ejigu, Dawit; Negussie, Hanna; Dewey, Michael; S. Wissow, Lawrence; Prince, Martin; Susser, Ezra; Lund, Crick; Fekadu, Abebaw

doi:10.1186/s13063-016-1191-x

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Task sharing for the care of severe mental disorders in a low-income country (TaSCS): study protocol for a randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial

Published in Trials • Feb 11, 2016

Authors:

Charlotte Hanlon

Atalay Alem

Girmay Medhin

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Task sharing mental health care through integration into primary health care (PHC) is advocated as a means of narrowing the treatment gap for mental disorders in low-income countries. However, the effectiveness, acceptability, feasibility and sustainability of this service model for peop...

Subject

Medicine

Mental health

Psychiatry

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