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T1  - Effectiveness of non-medical health worker-led counselling on psychological distress : a randomized controlled trial in rural Nepal 
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UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/306014 
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A1  - Markkula, N.; Lehti, V.; Adhikari, P.; Pena, S.; Heliste, J.; Mikkonen, E.; Rautanen, M.; Salama, E.; Guragain, B. 
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Y1  - 2019 
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AB  - Background. An essential strategy to increase coverage of psychosocial treatments globally is task shifting to non-medical counsellors, but evidence on its effectiveness is still scarce. This study evaluates the effectiveness of lay psychosocial counselling among persons with psychological distress in a primary health care setting in rural Nepal. Methods. A parallel randomized controlled trial in Dang, rural Nepal (NCT03544450). Persons aged 16 and older attending primary care and with a General... 
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KW  - Common mental disorders; lay counselling; Nepal; randomized controlled trial; task shifting; MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES; COMMON MENTAL-DISORDERS; CARE PLANS; DEPRESSION; ANXIETY; INTERVENTION; INVENTORY; CONFLICT; OUTCOMES; 3124 Neurology and psychiatry 
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