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Global Mental Health: An Introduction
Author(s) -
Verdeli Helen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.22357
Subject(s) - mental health , psychology , interpersonal communication , task (project management) , interpersonal psychotherapy , psychotherapist , distress , global mental health , resource (disambiguation) , psychological distress , medicine , social psychology , management , randomized controlled trial , computer network , surgery , computer science , economics
In this introductory paper to the Global Mental Health volume, the inception and development of the filed in the last 15 years is reviewed, placing an emphasis on a series of pivotal turning points. A critical delivery strategy, task‐shifting is briefly described, as well as the fundamental principles of Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), an evidence‐based psychotherapy being adapted and delivered in low‐resource settings. Nine case studies by the trainees, supervisors, or local providers from India, the United States, Haiti, Israel, Colombia, and Kenya, presented in this volume, illustrate the prevention and treatment processes or in‐depth assessment of “psychological distress” as locally defined and expressed.