Effectiveness and costs associated with a lay counselor-delivered, brief problem-solving mental health intervention for adolescents in urban, low-income schools in India: 12-month outcomes of a randomized controlled trial.

Effectiveness and costs associated with a lay counselor-delivered, brief problem-solving mental health intervention for adolescents in urban, low-income schools in India: 12-month outcomes of a randomized controlled trial.

<h4>Background</h4>Psychosocial interventions for adolescent mental health problems are effective, but evidence on their longer-term outcomes is scarce, especially in low-resource settings. We report on the 12-month sustained effectiveness and costs of scaling up a lay counselor-delivere...

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Main Authors: Kanika Malik, Daniel Michelson, Aoife M Doyle, Helen A Weiss, Giulia Greco, Rooplata Sahu, James E J, Sonal Mathur, Paulomi Sudhir, Michael King, Pim Cuijpers, Bruce Chorpita, Christopher G Fairburn, Vikram Patel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-09-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003778

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003778

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