Digital delivery of behavioural activation therapy to overcome depression and facilitate social and economic transitions of adolescents in South Africa (the DoBAt study): protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial

Introduction Scalable psychological treatments to address depression among adolescents are urgently needed. This is particularly relevant to low-income and middle-income countries where 90% of the world’s adolescents live. While digital delivery of behavioural activation (BA) presents a promising so...

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Main Authors: Stephen Tollman, Kathleen Kahn, F Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Crick Lund, Alan Stein, Heather A O'Mahen, Eustasius Musenge, Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Alastair van Heerden, Tholene Sodi, Bianca D Moffett, Julia R Pozuelo, Michelle Craske, Kate Orkin, Emma J Kilford, Mahreen Mahmud, Meghan Davis, Zamakhanya Makhanya, Tlangelani Baloyi, Daniel Mahlangu, Gabriele Chierchia, Sophie L Fielmann, Imraan Valodia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2022-12-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/12/e065977.full