Impact of integrated district level mental health care on clinical and social outcomes of people with severe mental illness in rural Ethiopia: an intervention cohort study

Hanlon, C.; Medhin, G.; Selamu, M.; Birhane, R.; Dewey, M.; Tirfessa, K.; Garman, E.; Asher, L.; Thornicroft, G.; Patel, V.; Lund, C.; Prince, M.; Fekadu, A.

doi:10.1017/S2045796019000398

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The psychosis treatment gap and its consequences in rural Ethiopia (2019)
Journal Article
Fekadu, A., Medhin, G., Lund, C., DeSilva, M., Selamu, M., Alem, A., …Hanlon, C. (2019). The psychosis treatment gap and its consequences in rural Ethiopia. BMC Psychiatry, 19, Article 325. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-019-2281-6

Background The “treatment gap” (TG) for mental disorders, widely advocated by the WHO in low-and middle-income countries, is an important indicator of the extent to which a health system fails to meet the care needs of people with mental disorder at... Read More about The psychosis treatment gap and its consequences in rural Ethiopia.

Impact of integrated district level mental health care on clinical and social outcomes of people with severe mental illness in rural Ethiopia: an intervention cohort study (2019)
Journal Article
Hanlon, C., Medhin, G., Selamu, M., Birhane, R., Dewey, M., Tirfessa, K., …Fekadu, A. (2019). Impact of integrated district level mental health care on clinical and social outcomes of people with severe mental illness in rural Ethiopia: an intervention cohort study. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 29, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1017/S2045796019000398

Aim There is limited evidence of the safety and impact of task-shared care for people with severe mental illnesses (SMI; psychotic disorders and bipolar disorder) in low-income countries. The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and impact o... Read More about Impact of integrated district level mental health care on clinical and social outcomes of people with severe mental illness in rural Ethiopia: an intervention cohort study.