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ArticleGlobalization and health2017

Partnerships in mental healthcare service delivery in low-resource settings: developing an innovative network in rural Nepal.

Bibhav Acharya, Duncan Maru, Ryan Schwarz, David Citrin, Jasmine Tenpa, Soniya Hirachan, Madhur Basnet, Poshan Thapa, Sikhar Swar, Scott Halliday and 6 more

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Article in Globalization and health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25 citing papers in PubMed, 74 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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16 authors at 8 institutions in 2 countries.

Bibhav AcharyaBayalpata Hospital, Possible, Sanfebagar-10, Achham, Nepal. Bibhav.Acharya@ucsf.edu.
Duncan MaruBayalpata Hospital, Possible, Sanfebagar-10, Achham, Nepal.
Ryan SchwarzBayalpata Hospital, Possible, Sanfebagar-10, Achham, Nepal.
David CitrinBayalpata Hospital, Possible, Sanfebagar-10, Achham, Nepal.
Jasmine TenpaBayalpata Hospital, Possible, Sanfebagar-10, Achham, Nepal.
Soniya HirachanShared Minds, Boston, MA, USA.
Madhur BasnetShared Minds, Boston, MA, USA.
Poshan ThapaBayalpata Hospital, Possible, Sanfebagar-10, Achham, Nepal.
Sikhar SwarBayalpata Hospital, Possible, Sanfebagar-10, Achham, Nepal.
Scott HallidayBayalpata Hospital, Possible, Sanfebagar-10, Achham, Nepal.
Brandon KohrtResearch Department, Transcultural Psychosocial Organization Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Nagendra P LuitelResearch Department, Transcultural Psychosocial Organization Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Erick HungDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, 401 Parnassus Ave, Langley Porter, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
Bikash GauchanBayalpata Hospital, Possible, Sanfebagar-10, Achham, Nepal.
Rajeev PokharelPolicy Planning & International Cooperation Division, Ministry of Health, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Maria EkstrandDepartment of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
University of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of Washington · USB.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences · NPBrigham and Women's Hospital · USDuke University · USKathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital · NPMassachusetts General Hospital · USUniversity of Minnesota · US

Funding

Miriam/Brown/Tufts Fogarty AIDS International Training and Research ProgramD43TW000237 · FIC · MIRIAM HOSPITAL · PI CU-UVIN, SUSAN · 1993 to 2014
$10.6M
TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCHERSR25MH060482 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI DANIEL H MATHALON, Susan M. Voglmaier · 2000 to 2026
$5.2M
Improving Mental Health through Integration with Primary Care in Rural KarnatakaR01MH100311 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI EKSTRAND, MARIA L., KRISHNAMACHARI, SRINIVASAN · 2014 to 2018
$1.9M
Reducing Barriers to Mental Health Task SharingK01MH104310 · NIMH · GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI KOHRT, BRANDON ALAN · 2014 to 2018
$908k
FIC NIH HHS D43 TW000237NIMH NIH HHS K01 MH104310NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH100311NIMH NIH HHS R25 MH060482
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMental illnesses are the largest contributors to the global burden of non-communicable diseases. However, there is extremely limited access to high quality, culturally-sensitive, and contextually-appropriate mental healthcare services. This situation persists despite the availability of interventions with proven efficacy to improve patient outcomes. A partnerships network is necessary for successful program adaptation and implementation. PARTNERSHIPS NETWORK: We describe our partnerships network as a case example that addresses challenges in delivering mental healthcare and which can serve as a model for similar settings. Our perspectives are informed from integrating mental healthcare services within a rural public hospital in Nepal. Our approach includes training and supervising generalist health workers by off-site psychiatrists. This is made possible by complementing the strengths and weaknesses of the various groups involved: the public sector, a non-profit organization that provides general healthcare services and one that specializes in mental health, a community advisory board, academic centers in high- and low-income countries, and bicultural professionals from the diaspora community.

conclusionsWe propose a partnerships model to assist implementation of promising programs to expand access to mental healthcare in low- resource settings. We describe the success and limitations of our current partners in a mental health program in rural Nepal.

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Community NetworksDeveloping CountriesHealth PersonnelHealth Services AccessibilityHumansMental DisordersMental Health ServicesNepalPublic-Private Sector PartnershipsRural PopulationGlobal healthLow— and middle-income countriesMental healthNepalPartnerships

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