The long-term goal of this work is to generate new knowledge on the cognitive, affective and behavioural mechanisms by which mental illness, IPV and poverty cycles are interrupted, and to apply it to reach affected populations with effective programs.
The short-term outcomes within the grant period are:
To systematically review mental health intervention trials in low and middle-income countries (LMIC), with a view to conducting a potential meta-analysis of economic outcomes.
To systematically review mental health intervention trials in LMIC, with a view to conducting a potential meta-analysis of IPV outcomes, including victimization and perpetration.
To collaborate with investigators currently engaged in trials in LMIC, with a view to adding standardized economic and IPV outcome measures to follow-up assessments of trials in the field, in a coordinated manner.
To collaborate with funders and investigators of future trials, to recommend inclusion of economic and IPV outcome measures in future trials; to make recommendations to international agencies such as the WHO and World Bank regarding the findings of the study; and to develop funding proposals for two future trials: one targeting economic outcomes and one targeting IPV outcomes.
Project team
- Crick Lund
- Thandi Davies
- Judith Bass
- Wietse Tol
- Laura Murray
- Paul Bolton
- Sarah Murray
- Kate Orkin
- Marc Witte
- Johannes Haushofer
- Graham Thornicroft
- Vikram Patel
Project partners
Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health, University of Cape Town
Department of Economics, Oxford University
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
King’s College London
LSHTM
Funder
Wellspring Advisors
Project details
Countries
Denmark, India, South Africa, UK, USA
Project status
In progress
Key words
Systematic review, mental illness, economic outcomes, intimate partner violence, Low and middle income countries
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