Journal
COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH JOURNAL
Volume 48, Issue 3, Pages 336-341Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-011-9429-2
Keywords
Task shifting; Depression; Community health workers; South Africa
Funding
- Wellcome Trust [GR065377MA, 50534] Funding Source: Medline
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Within the context of a large treatment gap for depression and a scarcity of specialist resources, there is a need for task shifting to scale up mental health services to address this gap in South Africa. This study assessed the feasibility of an adapted manualized version of grouped based Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) for use by supervised community health workers through a pilot study on 60 primary health care clinic users screened as having moderate to severe depression. Retention was good and participants in the group-based IPT intervention showed significant reduction in depressive symptoms on completion of the 12-week intervention as well as 24 weeks post baseline compared to the control group. Qualitative process evaluation suggests that improved social support, individual coping skills and improved personal agency assisted in the reduction of depressive symptoms.
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