Title
Lessons from rural Peru in integrating mental health into primary care
Date Issued
01 January 2019
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Scorza P.
Galea J.T.
Wainberg M.L.
Publisher(s)
American Psychiatric Association
Abstract
Peru secured a legislative advance for mental health care with a 2012 law mandating that mental health services be available in primary care. One of the main challenges faced by this reform is implementation in remote regions. This column describes a pilot project in Peru that took place from 2010 to 2014 to develop capacity for including mental health services in primary care in one of the most isolated, high-needs regions of the country. The authors describe use of accompaniment-based training and supervision of clinicians and comprehensive, engaged regional partnerships formed to increase the impact and sustainability of the service expansion.
Start page
82
End page
84
Volume
70
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Psiquiatría
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85059558155
PubMed ID
Source
Psychiatric Services
ISSN of the container
10752730
Sponsor(s)
This study was funded by the National Institute of Mental Health Honorio Delgado Hideyo Noguchi, Lima, Peru, and grant T32MH096724 from the National Institute of Mental Health. The authors wish to thank all of the residents of Apurímac region and the health workers and authorities who made the project possible. The authors report no financial relationships with commercial interests.
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