Building capacity for community mental health care in rural Malawi: Findings from a district-wide task-sharing intervention with village-based health workers

Conclusion: A new and essential district-wide tier of mental health service was established at the crucial intersection between health centre and the community. Within the socio-cultural context of rural Malawi with its diverse explanatory models for psychological distress, the approach of the village-based health worker was found to be both credible and practical in meeting the needs of the population and therefore responding to both the ‘supply’ and ‘demand’ elements of the mental health treatment gap.
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research