ArticleCulture, medicine and psychiatry2017
Mental Health Outcomes of Psychosocial Intervention Among Traditional Health Practitioner Depressed Patients in Kenya.
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- Effectiveness, barriers, and facilitators of interventions delivered by traditional healers for the treatment of common mental disorders: A systematic review.Transcultural psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- WHO Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) Intervention Guide: a systematic review of evidence from low and middle-income countries.Evidence-based mental health · 2018Pooled it
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- Can General Practitioners manage mental disorders in primary care? A partially randomised, pragmatic, cluster trial.PloS one · 2019Trial
- Collaboration between traditional health practitioners and biomedical health practitioners: Scoping review.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2024Article
- Religious and Medical Pluralism Among Traditional Healers in Johannesburg, South Africa.Journal of religion and health · 2024Article
- "Blood is thicker than water" - experiences and perspectives of family caregivers of people living with severe mental illness at Holy Water traditional healing sites, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Depression in Sub-Saharan Africa.IBRO neuroscience reports · 2022Article
- Depressive symptoms among clients attending monk healers and primary care clinics in Thailand: a comparative follow-up study.Primary health care research & development · 2021Article
- Holy water and biomedicine: a descriptive study of active collaboration between religious traditional healers and biomedical psychiatry in Ethiopia.BJPsych open · 2021Article
- Engaging culture and context in mhGAP implementation: fostering reflexive deliberation in practice.BMJ global health · 2020Review
- The ethical, social, and cultural dimensions of screening for mental health in children and adolescents of the developing world.PloS one · 2020Article
- Contextualizing and pilot testing the Mental Health Gap Action Programme Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG) to primary healthcare workers in Kilifi, Kenya.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2020Article
- Suicidal behavior risks during adolescent pregnancy in a low-resource setting: A qualitative study.PloS one · 2020Article
- Considering culture, context and community in mhGAP implementation and training: challenges and recommendations from the field.International journal of mental health systems · 2019Review
- Integration of Traditional Birth Attendants into Mental Healthcare: A Multistakeholder Qualitative Study Exploration.BioMed research international · 2019Article
- Exploring mental health practice among Traditional health practitioners: a qualitative study in rural Kenya.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2018Article
- Patterns of concordances in mhGAP-IG screening and DSM-IV/ICD10 diagnoses by trained community service providers in Kenya: a pilot cross-sectional study.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2018Article
- A step-wise community engagement and capacity building model prior to implementation of mhGAP-IG in a low- and middle-income country: a case study of Makueni County, Kenya.International journal of mental health systems · 2018Article
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Abstract
Task-shifting in mental health such as engaging Traditional Health Practitioners (THPs) in appropriate management of mental disorders is crucial in reducing global mental health challenges. This study aims to determine the outcomes of using evidence-based mental health Global Action Programme Intervention guide (mhGAP-IG) to provide psychosocial interventions among depressed patients seeking care from THPs. THPs were trained to deliver psychosocial interventions to their patients screening positive for mild to severe depression on Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI). Assessments were conducted at 0, 6 and 12 weeks and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) performed to determine the change in depression scores over the three time period. BDI mean score was 26.52 before intervention and reduced significantly at 6 (13%) and 12 (35%) weeks after intervention. 58 and 78% of patients showed reduction in symptoms of depression at 6 and 12 weeks. It is therefore crucial to engage THPs in the care of patients with depression and the need for inclusion of training packages; and other mental disorders in order to establish and maintain collaboration between THPs and conventional health workers and promote evidence-based care among marginalized populations. Moreover, further research on randomized control trials of mhGAP-IG intervention versus usual care is required.
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