Community, facility and individual level impact of integrating mental health screening and treatment into the primary healthcare system in Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh, India

Introduction Programme for Improving Mental Health Care (PRIME) designed a comprehensive mental healthcare plan (MHCP) for Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh, India. The objective of this paper is to describe the findings of the district-level impact evaluation of the MHCP.Methods Repeat community-base...

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Main Authors: Crick Lund, Vikram Patel, Rahul Shidhaye, Emily Baron, Vaibhav Murhar, Sujit Rathod, Azaz Khan, Abhishek Singh, Sanjay Shrivastava, Shital Muke, Ritu Shrivastava
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Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2019-06-01
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author Crick Lund
Vikram Patel
Rahul Shidhaye
Emily Baron
Vaibhav Murhar
Sujit Rathod
Azaz Khan
Abhishek Singh
Sanjay Shrivastava
Shital Muke
Ritu Shrivastava
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Vikram Patel
Rahul Shidhaye
Emily Baron
Vaibhav Murhar
Sujit Rathod
Azaz Khan
Abhishek Singh
Sanjay Shrivastava
Shital Muke
Ritu Shrivastava
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description Introduction Programme for Improving Mental Health Care (PRIME) designed a comprehensive mental healthcare plan (MHCP) for Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh, India. The objective of this paper is to describe the findings of the district-level impact evaluation of the MHCP.Methods Repeat community-based CS were conducted to measure change in population-level contact coverage for depression and alcohol use disorders (AUD), repeat FDS were conducted to assess change in detection and initiation of treatment for depression and AUD, and the effect of treatment on patient outcomes was assessed using disorder-specific prospective cohort studies.Results PRIME MHCP did not have any impact on contact coverage/treatment seeking for depression (14.8% at the baseline and 10.5% at the follow-up) and AUD (7.7% at the baseline and 7.3% at the follow-up) and had a small impact on detection and initiation of treatment for depression and AUD (9.7% for depression and 17.8% for AUD compared with 0% for both at the baseline) in the health facilities. Patients with depression who received care as part of the MHCP had higher rates of response (52.2% in the treatment group vs 26.9% in the comparison/usual care group), early remission (70.2% in the treatment group vs 44.8% in the comparison/usual care group) and recovery (56.1% in the treatment group vs 28.5% in the comparison/usual care group), but there was no impact of treatment on their functioning.Conclusions While dedicated human resources (eg, Case Managers) and dedicated space for mental health clinics (eg, Mann-Kaksha) strengthen the ‘formal’ healthcare platform, without substantial additional investments in staff, such as Community Health Workers/Accredited Social Health Activists to improve community level processes and provision of community-based continuing care to patients, we are unlikely to see major changes in coverage or clinical outcomes.
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spelling doaj-art-dcd1adb878bc4664bbf488d62c6814e72024-12-15T12:25:09ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Global Health2059-79082019-06-014310.1136/bmjgh-2018-001344Community, facility and individual level impact of integrating mental health screening and treatment into the primary healthcare system in Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh, IndiaCrick Lund0Vikram Patel1Rahul Shidhaye2Emily Baron3Vaibhav Murhar4Sujit Rathod5Azaz Khan6Abhishek Singh7Sanjay Shrivastava8Shital Muke9Ritu Shrivastava1012 Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa11 Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USACenter for Chronic Conditions and Injuries, Public Health Foundation of India, Gurugram, IndiaAlan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South AfricaPRIME Project, Sangath, Bhopal, IndiaDepartment of Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UKPRIME Project, Sangath, Bhopal, IndiaOrthopaedics, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaPRIME Project, Sangath, Bhopal, IndiaPRIME Project, Sangath, Bhopal, IndiaPRIME Project, Sangath, Bhopal, IndiaIntroduction Programme for Improving Mental Health Care (PRIME) designed a comprehensive mental healthcare plan (MHCP) for Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh, India. The objective of this paper is to describe the findings of the district-level impact evaluation of the MHCP.Methods Repeat community-based CS were conducted to measure change in population-level contact coverage for depression and alcohol use disorders (AUD), repeat FDS were conducted to assess change in detection and initiation of treatment for depression and AUD, and the effect of treatment on patient outcomes was assessed using disorder-specific prospective cohort studies.Results PRIME MHCP did not have any impact on contact coverage/treatment seeking for depression (14.8% at the baseline and 10.5% at the follow-up) and AUD (7.7% at the baseline and 7.3% at the follow-up) and had a small impact on detection and initiation of treatment for depression and AUD (9.7% for depression and 17.8% for AUD compared with 0% for both at the baseline) in the health facilities. Patients with depression who received care as part of the MHCP had higher rates of response (52.2% in the treatment group vs 26.9% in the comparison/usual care group), early remission (70.2% in the treatment group vs 44.8% in the comparison/usual care group) and recovery (56.1% in the treatment group vs 28.5% in the comparison/usual care group), but there was no impact of treatment on their functioning.Conclusions While dedicated human resources (eg, Case Managers) and dedicated space for mental health clinics (eg, Mann-Kaksha) strengthen the ‘formal’ healthcare platform, without substantial additional investments in staff, such as Community Health Workers/Accredited Social Health Activists to improve community level processes and provision of community-based continuing care to patients, we are unlikely to see major changes in coverage or clinical outcomes.https://gh.bmj.com/content/4/3/e001344.full
spellingShingle Crick Lund
Vikram Patel
Rahul Shidhaye
Emily Baron
Vaibhav Murhar
Sujit Rathod
Azaz Khan
Abhishek Singh
Sanjay Shrivastava
Shital Muke
Ritu Shrivastava
Community, facility and individual level impact of integrating mental health screening and treatment into the primary healthcare system in Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh, India
BMJ Global Health
title Community, facility and individual level impact of integrating mental health screening and treatment into the primary healthcare system in Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh, India
title_full Community, facility and individual level impact of integrating mental health screening and treatment into the primary healthcare system in Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh, India
title_fullStr Community, facility and individual level impact of integrating mental health screening and treatment into the primary healthcare system in Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh, India
title_full_unstemmed Community, facility and individual level impact of integrating mental health screening and treatment into the primary healthcare system in Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh, India
title_short Community, facility and individual level impact of integrating mental health screening and treatment into the primary healthcare system in Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh, India
title_sort community facility and individual level impact of integrating mental health screening and treatment into the primary healthcare system in sehore district madhya pradesh india
url https://gh.bmj.com/content/4/3/e001344.full
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