ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2022
Stake holder perspectives on the role of accredited social health activists (ASHAs) in Indian public mental healthcare space: A qualitative study.
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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
- Psychometric properties of MERIT: A concise tool for community health workers to screen priority mental disorders.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2026Article
- Care facilitation by Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) to improve outcomes of persons with psychiatric disorders: Results from a randomized controlled trial in South India.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2026Article
- 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
- Lived experiences in action: Relations between community health workers' and clients' perinatal health behaviours in India.Global public health · 2025Article
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Background: Community health workers such as Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) are existing resources who can facilitate the bridging of the mental health treatment gap. Knowing about the perspectives of ASHAs in delivering mental health care and other professionals with experience working in the area of community mental health is imperative. Method: As part of an implementation research project aimed at comparing the effectiveness of two training methods for community health workers (ASHAs), we conducted five focussed group discussions including four with ASHAs ( Results: ASHAs were willing to incorporate mental health identification (and referral) in their regular activities without additional perceived burden. ASHAs were easily able to identify severe mental disorders (SMDs). For substance use disorders (SUDs), due to factors such as normalization of substance consumption and stigma, there was a felt difficulty in the recognition by ASHAs. ASHAs' difficulty in identifying the CMDs was because of poor awareness in both those with mental illness and ASHAs. Incentivizing the work of ASHAs was thought to yield more returns. Conclusions: ASHAs have the potential to be excellent resources for easy screening, identification, and follow-up of those with mental health concerns in the community. Policies to involve them need to evolve.
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