Publications
M20 Mobile Mental Health in Women’s Community-Based Organizations: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Amritha Bhat B Ramakrishna Goud Bharat Kalidindi Johnson Pradeep Ruben Dhinagaran Devadass Abijeet Waghmare Pamela Y Collins Tony Raj Krishnamachari Srinivasan Of every 10 women in rural India, 1 suffers from a common mental disorder such as depression, and untreated depression is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Several factors lead to a large treatment gap, specifically for women in rural India, including stigma, lack of provider mental health workforce, and travel times. There is an urgent need to improve the rates of detection and treatment of depression among women in rural India without overburdening the scarce mental health resources.
