Mental Health

  • Open Access
    A Mixed-Methods Process Evaluation: Integrating Depression Treatment Into HIV Care in Malawi
    Melissa A. Stockton, Caroline E. Minnick, Kazione Kulisewa, Steven M. Mphonda, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Bradley N. Gaynes, Joanna Maselko, Audrey E. Pettifor, Vivian Go, Michael Udedi and Brian W. Pence
    Global Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):611-625; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00607

    Effectively integrating depression treatment into HIV care in low-resource settings will require substantially investing in program supervision, building and maintaining the capacity of providers, integrating into existing electronic medical records systems, and ensuring the availability of psychotherapy counselors.

  • Open Access
    Supervision of Task-Shared Mental Health Care in Low-Resource Settings: A Commentary on Programmatic Experience
    Christopher G. Kemp, Inge Petersen, Arvin Bhana and Deepa Rao
    Global Health: Science and Practice June 2019, 7(2):150-159; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-18-00337

    Task-shared mental health care programs in low-resource settings often incorporate supervisory structures that would be difficult to implement at scale, and many rely on foreign specialist experts as supervisors. Future programs could leverage peer supervision, technology, competency assessments/fidelity checklists, and other tools. Mental health care specialists will require training, support, and incentives to supervise generalist care providers.

  • Open Access
    The Importance of Mental Well-Being for Health Professionals During Complex Emergencies: It Is Time We Take It Seriously
    Mary Surya, Dilshad Jaff, Barbara Stilwell and Johanna Schubert
    Global Health: Science and Practice June 2017, 5(2):188-196; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00017

    We call on humanitarian aid organizations to integrate proven mental health strategies to protect the mental health of their workforce and improve staff capacity to provide care for vulnerable populations. Such strategies could include:

    • Pre-deployment training

    • Art therapy

    • Team building

    • Physical exercise

    • Mindfulness or contemplative techniques

    • Mind-body exercises

    • Narrative Exposure Therapy

    • Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

  • Open Access
    A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Trauma-Informed Support, Skills, and Psychoeducation Intervention for Survivors of Torture and Related Trauma in Kurdistan, Northern Iraq
    Judith Bass, Sarah McIvor Murray, Thikra Ahmed Mohammed, Mary Bunn, William Gorman, Ahmed Mohammed Amin Ahmed, Laura Murray and Paul Bolton
    Global Health: Science and Practice September 2016, 4(3):452-466; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00017

    Providing survivors of torture, imprisonment, and/or military attacks with a counseling program that includes support, skills and psychoeducation by well-trained and supervised community mental health workers can result in moderate yet meaningful improvements in depression and dysfunction.

  • Maternal mental health in Amhara region, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional survey
    Joy Noel Baumgartner, Angela Parcesepe, Yared Getachew Mekuria, Dereje Birhanu Abitew, Wondimu Gebeyehu, Francis Okello and Dominick Shattuck
    Global Health: Science and Practice December 2014, 2(4):482-486; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00119

    Poor mental health, including suicidal thoughts, affects a substantial proportion of surveyed women who are up to 2 years postpartum in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. Opportunities for integrating basic psychosocial mental health services into maternal and child health services should be explored.

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