ArticleAsian journal of psychiatry2019
Change in attitude of ASHAs towards persons with mental illnesses following participation in community based rehabilitation project.
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- Empowering accredited social health activist (ASHA) workers to support community mental health in Karnataka State of India: A systematic review.The Indian journal of medical research · 2026Pooled it
- Educational and Training Interventions Aimed at Healthcare Workers in the Detection and Management of People With Mental Health Conditions in South and South-East Asia: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- Acceptability of a digital program for training community health workers in the early detection and referral of schizophrenia in rural India: A mixed-methods pilot study.SSM. Mental health · 2026Article
- Assessing the Utility of Mental Health Training of Primary Care Professionals and Psychologists in the Dominican Republic.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2025Article
- Diversity in approaches in community-based mental health interventions in India: A narrative review and synthesis.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2025Review
- Perspectives of Community Nurses on Treatment Engagement of Persons with Severe Mental Illnesses (PwSMI): A Qualitative Study from South India.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2024Article
- Impact of incentivizing ASHAs on the outcome of persons with severe mental illness in a rural South Indian community amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.Asian journal of psychiatry · 2023Article
- Intervention-based mental health training for community level workers in India -A systematic review.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Review
- Community-Based Rehabilitation for Persons with Severe Mental Illness in a Rural Community of Karnataka: Methodology of a Randomized Controlled Study.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2020Article
- Role of accredited social health activists in treatment of persons with severe mental illness in the community.Indian journal of psychiatryArticle
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Abstract
backgroundAccredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) play an important role in health care in rural India.
aimTo study the change in attitude of ASHAs towards persons with mental illness (PMI) after involvement in a community-based rehabilitation program.
methodsASHAs (n = 95) were trained to identify and refer PMI. Community Attitudes to Mental Illness scale was administered at baseline and after 18 months of training.
resultsDomains of benevolence, social restrictiveness, and community mental health ideology showed significant improvement p < 0.001. There was no change in authoritarianism domain.
conclusionEngaging ASHAs in identification, referral and treatment positively changes their attitudes towards PMI.
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