Developing a task-sharing psychological intervention to treat mild to moderate symptoms of perinatal depression and anxiety in South Africa: a mixed-method formative study

Abstract Background Symptoms of depression and anxiety are highly prevalent amongst perinatal women in low-resource settings of South Africa, but there is no access to standardised counselling support for these conditions in public health facilities. The aim of this study is to develop a task-sharin...

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Main Authors: Sonet Boisits, Zulfa Abrahams, Marguerite Schneider, Simone Honikman, Debra Kaminer, Crick Lund
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:International Journal of Mental Health Systems
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13033-021-00443-5