“Building back better”: Task shifting is the way forward for Sri Lanka to address maternal mental health in the economic crisis

IF 3.8 4区 医学 Q1 PSYCHIATRY Asian journal of psychiatry Pub Date : 2024-09-06 DOI:10.1016/j.ajp.2024.104234
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Maternal mental health is a global priority. Like other low-and middle-income countries, maternal mental health issues are highly prevalent in Sri Lanka. While the country claims to have achieved a satisfactory level of maternal health care indicators in the Southeast Asian region, maternal mental health care remains ignored. The COVID-19 pandemic followed by the economic crisis of 2022 has worsened the situation in the country by increasing the prevalence of maternal mental health issues and limiting the availability of and capacity of the country to allocate resources for the healthcare provision for maternal mental health issues. Integrating task-shifted, non-specialist based, mental healthcare into the existing maternal healthcare programme is considered a cost-effective approach in addressing maternal mental health. In this article, we discuss the opportunities and challenges of employing task shifting to address maternal mental health issues in Sri Lanka.

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"重建得更好":任务转移是斯里兰卡在经济危机中解决孕产妇心理健康问题的出路
孕产妇心理健康是全球优先事项。与其他中低收入国家一样,孕产妇心理健康问题在斯里兰卡也非常普遍。虽然该国声称其孕产妇保健指标在东南亚地区达到了令人满意的水平,但孕产妇心理保健仍然被忽视。COVID-19 大流行和 2022 年的经济危机使该国的情况更加恶化,孕产妇心理健康问题更加普遍,并限制了该国为孕产妇心理健康问题提供保健服务分配资源的可用性和能力。在现有的孕产妇保健计划中纳入任务转移、非专科医生的心理保健,被认为是解决孕产妇心理健康问题的一种具有成本效益的方法。在本文中,我们将讨论在斯里兰卡采用任务转移来解决孕产妇心理健康问题的机遇和挑战。
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Asian journal of psychiatry
Asian journal of psychiatry Medicine-Psychiatry and Mental Health
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297
审稿时长
35 days
期刊介绍: The Asian Journal of Psychiatry serves as a comprehensive resource for psychiatrists, mental health clinicians, neurologists, physicians, mental health students, and policymakers. Its goal is to facilitate the exchange of research findings and clinical practices between Asia and the global community. The journal focuses on psychiatric research relevant to Asia, covering preclinical, clinical, service system, and policy development topics. It also highlights the socio-cultural diversity of the region in relation to mental health.
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