The Potential Emergence of “Education as Mental Health Therapy” as a Feasible Form of Teacher-Delivered Child Mental Health Care in a Low and Middle Income Country: A Mixed Methods Pragmatic Pilot Study

The Potential Emergence of “Education as Mental Health Therapy” as a Feasible Form of Teacher-Delivered Child Mental Health Care in a Low and Middle Income Country: A Mixed Methods Pragmatic Pilot Study

Objective: We assessed task-shifting children's mental health care to teachers as a potential approach to improving access to child mental health care.Methods: In Darjeeling, India, we conducted a single-arm, mixed-methods feasibility study with 19 teachers and 36 children in five rural primary...

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Main Authors: Christina M. Cruz, Priscilla Giri, Juliana L. Vanderburg, Peter Ferrarone, Surekha Bhattarai, Aileen A. Giardina, Bradley N. Gaynes, Karen Hampanda, Molly M. Lamb, Michael Matergia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
teacher
task-shifting
child mental health
feasibility
fidelity
global mental health
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.790536/full

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