Community-Based Rehabilitation for Persons with Severe Mental Illness in a Rural Community of Karnataka: Methodology of a Randomized Controlled Study

Background: Task shifting has been recommended as a strategy to reach out to persons with mental illness and bridge the treatment gap. There is a need to explore task-shifting using existing health staff like Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs). Aim and Context: ASHAs are involved in ongoing...

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Main Authors: Thanapal Sivakumar, Jagadisha Thirthalli, C. Naveen Kumar, Chethan Basavarajappa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-12-01
Series:Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/0253717620971203