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EMPOWER: Toward the Global Dissemination of Psychosocial Interventions.
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12 authors.
Vikram PatelDepartment of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School (V. Patel, Naslund, Wood, Chauvin, Amara) and Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (V. Patel, A. Patel), Harvard University, Boston; Sangath, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India (Bhan, Agrawal, Joshi); Division of Global Mental Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC (Kohrt); Centre for Complex Interventions, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto (Singla); Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health, Toronto (Singla); Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (Fairburn).
John A NaslundDepartment of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School (V. Patel, Naslund, Wood, Chauvin, Amara) and Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (V. Patel, A. Patel), Harvard University, Boston; Sangath, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India (Bhan, Agrawal, Joshi); Division of Global Mental Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC (Kohrt); Centre for Complex Interventions, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto (Singla); Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health, Toronto (Singla); Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (Fairburn).
Sheena WoodDepartment of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School (V. Patel, Naslund, Wood, Chauvin, Amara) and Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (V. Patel, A. Patel), Harvard University, Boston; Sangath, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India (Bhan, Agrawal, Joshi); Division of Global Mental Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC (Kohrt); Centre for Complex Interventions, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto (Singla); Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health, Toronto (Singla); Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (Fairburn).
Anushka PatelDepartment of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School (V. Patel, Naslund, Wood, Chauvin, Amara) and Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (V. Patel, A. Patel), Harvard University, Boston; Sangath, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India (Bhan, Agrawal, Joshi); Division of Global Mental Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC (Kohrt); Centre for Complex Interventions, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto (Singla); Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health, Toronto (Singla); Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (Fairburn).
Joshua J ChauvinDepartment of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School (V. Patel, Naslund, Wood, Chauvin, Amara) and Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (V. Patel, A. Patel), Harvard University, Boston; Sangath, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India (Bhan, Agrawal, Joshi); Division of Global Mental Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC (Kohrt); Centre for Complex Interventions, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto (Singla); Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health, Toronto (Singla); Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (Fairburn).
Ravindra AgrawalDepartment of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School (V. Patel, Naslund, Wood, Chauvin, Amara) and Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (V. Patel, A. Patel), Harvard University, Boston; Sangath, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India (Bhan, Agrawal, Joshi); Division of Global Mental Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC (Kohrt); Centre for Complex Interventions, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto (Singla); Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health, Toronto (Singla); Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (Fairburn).
Anant BhanDepartment of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School (V. Patel, Naslund, Wood, Chauvin, Amara) and Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (V. Patel, A. Patel), Harvard University, Boston; Sangath, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India (Bhan, Agrawal, Joshi); Division of Global Mental Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC (Kohrt); Centre for Complex Interventions, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto (Singla); Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health, Toronto (Singla); Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (Fairburn).
Udita JoshiDepartment of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School (V. Patel, Naslund, Wood, Chauvin, Amara) and Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (V. Patel, A. Patel), Harvard University, Boston; Sangath, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India (Bhan, Agrawal, Joshi); Division of Global Mental Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC (Kohrt); Centre for Complex Interventions, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto (Singla); Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health, Toronto (Singla); Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (Fairburn).
Margaux AmaraDepartment of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School (V. Patel, Naslund, Wood, Chauvin, Amara) and Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (V. Patel, A. Patel), Harvard University, Boston; Sangath, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India (Bhan, Agrawal, Joshi); Division of Global Mental Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC (Kohrt); Centre for Complex Interventions, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto (Singla); Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health, Toronto (Singla); Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (Fairburn).
Brandon A KohrtDepartment of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School (V. Patel, Naslund, Wood, Chauvin, Amara) and Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (V. Patel, A. Patel), Harvard University, Boston; Sangath, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India (Bhan, Agrawal, Joshi); Division of Global Mental Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC (Kohrt); Centre for Complex Interventions, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto (Singla); Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health, Toronto (Singla); Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (Fairburn).
Daisy R SinglaDepartment of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School (V. Patel, Naslund, Wood, Chauvin, Amara) and Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (V. Patel, A. Patel), Harvard University, Boston; Sangath, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India (Bhan, Agrawal, Joshi); Division of Global Mental Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC (Kohrt); Centre for Complex Interventions, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto (Singla); Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health, Toronto (Singla); Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (Fairburn).
Christopher G FairburnDepartment of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School (V. Patel, Naslund, Wood, Chauvin, Amara) and Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (V. Patel, A. Patel), Harvard University, Boston; Sangath, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India (Bhan, Agrawal, Joshi); Division of Global Mental Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC (Kohrt); Centre for Complex Interventions, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto (Singla); Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health, Toronto (Singla); Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (Fairburn).
Funding
ESSENCE (Enabling translation of Science to Service to ENhance Depression CarE) Scale-UpU19MH113211 · NIMH · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI PATEL, VIKRAM H · 2017 to 2023
$3.7MNIMH NIH HHS U19 MH113211Wellcome Trust
Abstract
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the needs for care of persons with mental illness remained largely unmet worldwide, testifying to the inadequacy of current approaches to mental health care and their unsuitability for the rising demand. One hurdle to improved access to quality care is the reliance on expensive specialist providers, particularly for the delivery of psychosocial interventions. This article describes EMPOWER, a not-for-profit program that builds on the clinical science demonstrating the effectiveness of brief psychosocial interventions for a range of psychiatric conditions; implementation science demonstrating the effectiveness of delivery of these interventions by non-specialist providers (NSPs); and pedagogical science demonstrating the effectiveness of digital approaches for training and quality assurance. The EMPOWER program leverages digital tools for training and supervising NSPs, designing competency-based curricula, assessing treatment-specific competencies, implementing measurement-based peer supervision for support and quality assurance, and evaluating impacts to enhance the effectiveness of the delivery system.
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