Lay worker-administered behavioral treatments for psychological distress in resource-limited settings: Time to move from evidence to practice?

Alexander C. Tsai

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002372

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Lay worker-administered behavioral treatments for psychological distress in resource-limited settings: Time to move from evidence to practice?

Alexander C. Tsai

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Affiliations Chester M. Pierce, MD Division of Global Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda, MGH Global Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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Lay worker-administered behavioral treatments for psychological distress in resource-limited settings: Time to move from evidence to practice?

Alexander C. Tsai

Published: August 15, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002372

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