ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2022
The effect of mental health training on the knowledge of common mental disorders among medical officers in primary health centres in rural Karnataka.
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- Interventions to Reduce Mental Health Stigma Among Health Care Professionals in Primary Health Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Pooled it
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- Effectiveness of a brief depression training program to primary care personnel for people with type 2 diabetes mellitus and depression in India.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2026Article
- The impact of perinatal mental health training on knowledge and practice of primary care physicians: a systems strengthening initiative in Telangana, India.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of a training program in improving knowledge and skills about selected common neurological disorders among primary healthcare doctors: The Karnataka Brain Health Initiative (KaBHI) in India.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2024Article
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Background: Deficits in knowledge regarding identification and treatment of common mental disorders (CMD) and stigmatizing attitudes towards CMDs exist among primary care physicians in India. Objectives: We aimed to assess the gain in knowledge of CMDs among primary health centre (PHC) doctors, after they underwent training in the identification and treatment of CMDs, and to assess the relationship between the gain in knowledge and demographic variables. We also assessed attitudes towards depression among PHC doctors who underwent training. Methods: We assessed knowledge of CMDs among 38 PHC doctors before and after training using a multiple-choice questionnaire (MCQ). The training session included didactic teaching and case-based discussions. Results: The post-test mean score was significantly higher compared to the pre-test mean score ( Conclusions: We demonstrated the efficacy of a training programme for PHC doctors in improving their knowledge of CMDs. Stigmatizing attitudes towards depression were present among around half the PHC doctors even after the training. This has implications for the strategy of integrating mental healthcare into primary care, with the overall goal of reducing the treatment gap for CMDs.
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