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Capacity Building in Global Mental Health Research
Research-generated information about mental disorders is crucial in order to establish the health needs in a given setting, to propose culturally apt and cost-effective individual and collective interventions, to investigate their implementation, and to explore the obstacles that prevent recommended...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3335140/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22335179 http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10673229.2012.649117 |
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author | Thornicroft, Graham Cooper, Sara Van Bortel, Tine Kakuma, Ritsuko Lund, Crick |
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description | Research-generated information about mental disorders is crucial in order to establish the health needs in a given setting, to propose culturally apt and cost-effective individual and collective interventions, to investigate their implementation, and to explore the obstacles that prevent recommended strategies from being implemented. Yet the capacity to undertake such research in low- and middle-income countries is extremely limited. This article describes two methods that have proved successful in strengthening, or that have the potential to strengthen, mental health research capacity in low-resource settings. We identify the central challenges to be faced, review current programs offering training and mentorship, and summarize the key lessons learned. A structured approach is proposed for the career development of research staff at every career stage, to be accompanied by performance monitoring and support. A case example from the Mental Health and Poverty Project in sub-Saharan Africa illustrates how this approach can be put into practice—in particular, by focusing upon training in core transferrable research skills. (harv rev psychiatry 2012;20:13–24.) |
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spelling | pubmed-33351402012-05-14 Capacity Building in Global Mental Health Research Thornicroft, Graham Cooper, Sara Van Bortel, Tine Kakuma, Ritsuko Lund, Crick Harv Rev Psychiatry Perspectives Research-generated information about mental disorders is crucial in order to establish the health needs in a given setting, to propose culturally apt and cost-effective individual and collective interventions, to investigate their implementation, and to explore the obstacles that prevent recommended strategies from being implemented. Yet the capacity to undertake such research in low- and middle-income countries is extremely limited. This article describes two methods that have proved successful in strengthening, or that have the potential to strengthen, mental health research capacity in low-resource settings. We identify the central challenges to be faced, review current programs offering training and mentorship, and summarize the key lessons learned. A structured approach is proposed for the career development of research staff at every career stage, to be accompanied by performance monitoring and support. A case example from the Mental Health and Poverty Project in sub-Saharan Africa illustrates how this approach can be put into practice—in particular, by focusing upon training in core transferrable research skills. (harv rev psychiatry 2012;20:13–24.) Informa Healthcare 2012 2012-02-15 /pmc/articles/PMC3335140/ /pubmed/22335179 http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10673229.2012.649117 Text en © 2012 President and Fellows of Harvard College http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Supplemental Terms and Conditions for iOpenAccess articles published in Informa Healthcare journals (http://www.informaworld.com/mpp/uploads/iopenaccess_tcs.pdf) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Perspectives Thornicroft, Graham Cooper, Sara Van Bortel, Tine Kakuma, Ritsuko Lund, Crick Capacity Building in Global Mental Health Research |
title | Capacity Building in Global Mental Health Research |
title_full | Capacity Building in Global Mental Health Research |
title_fullStr | Capacity Building in Global Mental Health Research |
title_full_unstemmed | Capacity Building in Global Mental Health Research |
title_short | Capacity Building in Global Mental Health Research |
title_sort | capacity building in global mental health research |
topic | Perspectives |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3335140/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22335179 http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10673229.2012.649117 |
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