Tailoring an evidence-based clinical intervention and training package for the treatment and prevention of comorbid heavy drinking and depression in middle-income country settings: the development of the SCALA toolkit in Latin America

• Main Authors: Amy O'Donnell (Author), Peter Anderson (Author), Christiane Schmidt (Author), Fleur Braddick (Author), Hugo Lopez-Pelayo (Author), Juliana Mejía-Trujillo (Author), Guillermina Natera (Author), Miriam Arroyo (Author), Natalia Bautista (Author), Marina Piazza (Author), Ines V. Bustamante (Author), Daša Kokole (Author), Katherine Jackson (Author), Eva Jane-Llopis (Author), Antoni Gual (Author), Bernd Schulte (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background Effective interventions exist for heavy drinking and depression but to date there has been limited translation into routine practice in global health systems. This evidence-to-practice gap is particularly evident in low- and middle-income countries. The international SCALA project (Scale-...