Validation of a brief mental health screening tool for common mental disorders in primary healthcare

Background. Integrating care for common mental disorders (CMDs) such as depression, anxiety and alcohol abuse into primary healthcare (PHC) should assist in reducing South Africa (SA)’s quadruple burden of disease. CMDs compromise treatment adherence, health behaviour change and self-management of...

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Main Authors: A Bhana, N Mntambo, S Gigaba, M Grant, Z Luvuno, D Ackerman, E Ntswe, M Nomathemba, I Petersen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Health and Medical Publishing Group 2019-04-01
Series:South African Medical Journal
Online Access:http://www.samj.org.za/index.php/samj/article/download/12579/8791