Shannon Doherty, Behzad Kianian, Giselle Dass, Anne Edward, Ahoua Kone, Gergana Manolova, Sambasivamoorthy Sivayokan, Madonna Solomon, Rajendra Surenthirakumaran, Barbara Lopes-Cardozo
PURPOSE: Research indicates that exposure to conflict, natural disasters, and internal displacement can increase mental health conditions. Since the end of the civil conflict within Sri Lanka, the country has worked to increase access to mental health services to meet the needs of conflict-affected populations, however, gaps remain. To address this, integration of mental health services into primary care can reduce the strain on growing specialized care. As part of a larger study primary care practitioners (doctors), public health professionals (nurses, midwives), and community representatives (teachers, social workers) were trained to deliver mental health services in primary care across the heavily impacted Northern Province...
May 7, 2024: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology