Effect of a stepped-care intervention delivered by lay health workers on major depressive disorder among primary care patients in Nigeria (STEPCARE): a cluster-randomised controlled trial

Effect of a stepped-care intervention delivered by lay health workers on major depressive disorder among primary care patients in Nigeria (STEPCARE): a cluster-randomised controlled trial

Summary: Background: Little is known about how to scale up care for depression in settings where non-physician lay workers constitute the bulk of frontline providers. We aimed to compare a stepped-care intervention package for depression with usual care enhanced by use of the WHO Mental Health Gap...

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Main Authors: Oye Gureje, ProfDSc, Bibilola D Oladeji, MSc, Alan A Montgomery, ProfPhD, Toyin Bello, MSc, Lola Kola, PhD, Akin Ojagbemi, PhD, Dan Chisholm, PhD, Ricardo Araya, ProfPhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-07-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X19301482

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