Global Mental Health: An Introduction. Issue 8 (17th August 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Verdeli, Helen
• Other Names: Verdeli Helen guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of clinical psychology. Volume 72:Issue 8(2016:Aug.)
• Page Start: 761
• Page End: 765
• Publication Date: 2016-08-17
• Subjects: global mental health -- culture -- idioms of distress -- psychotherapy -- Interpersonal Psychotherapy -- lay workers -- task‐shifting; Psychology -- Periodicals; 616.89
• DOI: 10.1002/jclp.22357
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0021-9762

Abstract

Abstract : 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.