Evidence profile Q3: Is brief, structured psychological treatment in non-specialist health care settings better (more effective than/as safe as) than treatment as usual in people with depressive episode/disorder?
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Background on the scoping question In low and middle income countries the vast majority of people with mental disorders do not get treatment. Integrating mental health care in nonspecialist health care is World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) policy to address this gap. Although both brief psychological and pharmacological treatment have a strong evidence basis for the treatment of depression in specialist care settings (NICE, 2007), less is known about the merits of brief psychological treatment in non-specialist health care settings.
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