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CURRENT PSYCHIATRY REPORTS
Volume 21, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-019-1028-x
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Non-specialist health workers; Task sharing; Common mental disorders; Severe mental disorders; Health care delivery; Digital technologies
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Purpose of ReviewMost people do not have access to adequate mental health care, and lack of skilled human resources is a major factor. We provide a narrative review of approaches to implementing task sharingengaging non-specialist providersto deliver mental health care.Recent FindingsThere is strong evidence both for the effectiveness of task sharing as a means of delivering care for a range of conditions across settings and for the effectiveness of non-specialist providers and health workers in delivering elements of culturally adapted psychosocial and psychological interventions for common and severe mental disorders. Key approaches to facilitate task sharing of care include balanced care, collaborative care, sustained training and supervision, use of trans-diagnostic interventions based on a dimensional approach to wellness and illness, and the use of emerging digital technologies.SummaryNon-specialist providers and health workers are well positioned to deliver evidence-based interventions for mental disorders, and a variety of delivery approaches can support, facilitate, and sustain this innovation. These approaches should be used, and evaluated, to increase access to mental health services.
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