Will increasing access to mental health treatment close India's mental health gap?

• Main Authors: Lesley Jo Weaver (Author), Alison Karasz (Author), Kiranmayee Muralidhar (Author), Poornima Jaykrishna (Author), Karl Krupp (Author), Purnima Madhivanan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: India's National Mental Health Survey (NMHS) reports a treatment gap for common mental disorders of over 85 percent, which they attribute to lack of awareness and access to psychiatric services in India. Interventions aiming to close that treatment gap through task-sharing have gain...