Task-shifted interventions for depression delivered by lay primary health-care workers in low-income and middle-income countries

The treatment gap for depression is worse in sub-Saharan Africa than in high-income countries.1Kohn R Saxena S Levav I Saraceno B The treatment gap in mental health care.Bull World Health Organ. 2004; 82: 858-866PubMed Google Scholar In the 2005 World Mental Health survey,2Gureje O Uwakwe R Oladeji B Makanjuola VO Esan O Depression in adult Nigerians: results from the Nigerian survey of mental health and well-being.J Affect Disord. 2010; 120:...