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The explanatory models of depression and anxiety in primary care: a qualitative study from India.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Barriers and facilitators to GP-patient communication about emotional concerns in UK primary care: a systematic review.Family practice · 2020Pooled it
- Access to affordable daycare and women's mental health in Rajasthan, India: Evidence from a cluster-randomised social intervention.Journal of global health · 2024Trial
- Healthcare use and costs among individuals receiving mental health services for depression within primary care in Nepal.BMC health services research · 2022Trial
- Antidepressant prescriptions and adherence in primary care in India: Insights from a cluster randomized control trial.PloS one · 2021Trial
- The impact of a lay counselor led collaborative care intervention for common mental disorders in public and private primary care: a qualitative evaluation nested in the MANAS trial in Goa, India.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2013Trial
- Exploring Mental Health Literacy and Help-seeking Attitude Among the General Population: Insights from a Pilot Study.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2026Article
- Exploring depression symptoms in chronic care users in Dr Kenneth Kaunda for culturally relevant counselling.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2025Article
- Symptom networks of common mental disorders in public versus private healthcare settings in India.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2025Article
- Understandings of depression among community members and primary healthcare attendees in rural Ethiopia: A qualitative study.Transcultural psychiatry · 2023Article
- Mixed-Method Investigations Uncovering Tension, PTSD Symptoms, and Trauma-Related Difficulties Among Indian Women from Slums Reporting Gender-Based Violence.Culture, medicine and psychiatry · 2023Article
- Explanatory Models and their Relationship with Drug Attitude in Patients with Depression in South India.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2023Article
- Explanatory Models of Depression in a Rural Community of Coastal Karnataka, India: A Cross-Sectional Survey.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2022Article
- Design and development of a training video for Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) on brief psychological intervention for depression.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Article
- A pilot study adapting and validating the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire (HTQ) and PTSD checklist-5 (PCL-5) with Indian women from slums reporting gender-based violence.BMC women's health · 2022Article
- Explanatory models of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression among Afghan refugees in Norway.BMC psychology · 2022Article
- Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Three Versions of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-42, DASS-21, and DASS-12) in Polish Adults.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Explanatory Models for Mental Distress Among University Students in Ethiopia: A Qualitative Study.Psychology research and behavior management · 2021Article
- Health care use and treatment-seeking for depression symptoms in rural India: an exploratory cross-sectional analysis.BMC health services research · 2020Article
- Adaptation of the WHO group interpersonal therapy for people living with HIV/AIDS in Northwest Ethiopia: A qualitative study.PloS one · 2020Article
- Cultural Aspects of Social Anxiety Disorder: A Qualitative Analysis of Anxiety Experiences and Interpretation.Iranian journal of psychiatry · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe biggest barrier to treatment of common mental disorders in primary care settings is low recognition among health care providers. This study attempts to explore the explanatory models of common mental disorders (CMD) with the goal of identifying how they could help in improving the recognition, leading to effective treatment in primary care.
resultsThe paper describes findings of a cross sectional qualitative study nested within a large randomized controlled trial (the Manas trial). Semi structured interviews were conducted with 117 primary health care attendees (30 males and 87 females) suffering from CMD. Main findings of the study are that somatic phenomena were by far the most frequent presenting problems; however, psychological phenomena were relatively easily elicited on probing. Somatic phenomena were located within a biopsychosocial framework, and a substantial proportion of informants used the psychological construct of 'tension' or 'worry' to label their illness, but did not consider themselves as suffering from a 'mental disorder'. Very few gender differences were observed in the descriptions of symptoms but at the same time the pattern of adverse life events and social difficulties varied across gender.
conclusionOur study demonstrates how people present their illness through somatic complaints but clearly link their illness to their psychosocial world. However they do not associate their illness to a 'mental disorder' and this is an important phenomenon that needs to be recognized in management of CMD in primary settings. Our study also elicits important gender differences in the experience of CMD.
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