Psychological treatments delivered by community health workers in low-resource government health systems: effectiveness of group interpersonal psychotherapy for caregivers of children affected by nodding syndrome in Uganda

• Published in: Psychological medicine Vol. 48; no. 15; pp. 2573 - 2583
• Main Authors: Mutamba, Byamah B., Kane, Jeremy C., de Jong, Joop T. V. M., Okello, James, Musisi, Seggane, Kohrt, Brandon A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.11.2018
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Caregivers; Caregivers - psychology; Child; Children; Children & youth; Clinical outcomes; Community; Community Health Workers; Community Mental Health Services - economics; Confidence intervals; Families & family life; Female; Group psychotherapy; Health care policy; Health initiatives; Health problems; Health services; Humans; Interpersonal psychotherapy; Interpersonal Relations; Intervention; Male; Medical personnel; Mental depression; Mental disorders; Mental Disorders - therapy; Mental health; Middle Aged; Morbidity; Mortality; National guidelines; NGOs; Nodding Syndrome - nursing; Nongovernmental organizations; Original Articles; Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; Parents - psychology; Post traumatic stress disorder; Primary care; Psychological distress; Psychotherapy; Psychotherapy, Group; Public health; Risk reduction; Social interactions; Social support; Stigma; Tau protein; Uganda; Villages; Workers; Uganda; Caregivers; low- and middle-income country; group interpersonal psychotherapy; nodding syndrome; ID ISRCTN11382067; Uganda; depression; government health system

Despite increasing evidence for the benefits of psychological treatments (PTs) in low- and middle-income countries, few national health systems have adopted PTs as standard care. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a group interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT-G) intervention, when delivered by lay...