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Social Entrepreneurship and Mental Health Intervention: a Literature Review and Scan of Expert Perspectives

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Across health and social service sectors internationally there has been a rapid uptake of social entrepreneurship (SE) as a model for developing innovative and scalable interventions. However, much less is known about its utility and use in mental health services. This paper employs a scoping review and qualitative interviews with 27 leading social entrepreneurs working in mental health to assess the uptake of SE in the literature and to articulate this concept for mental health. The findings suggested both the potential of SE as a frame for advancing services and a paucity of research into specific processes and impacts.

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This work was supported by Grand Challenges Canada under grant #0326-04. There are no competing interests related to this work for any of the authors. Appreciation is extended to Ashoka Global, Ashoka Canada, and Basic Needs.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Toronto Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, 1001 Queen St. W., Unit 2-1, #161, Toronto, ON, M6J 1H1, Canada

    Sean A. Kidd

  2. Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Nick Kerman

  3. Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Donald Cole

  4. Toronto Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Athena Madan & Susmitha Rallabandi

  5. Ashoka Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Elisha Muskat

  6. Basic Needs Policy and Practice Directorate, Bangalore, India

    Shoba Raja

  7. Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Kwame McKenzie

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Kidd, S.A., Kerman, N., Cole, D. et al. Social Entrepreneurship and Mental Health Intervention: a Literature Review and Scan of Expert Perspectives. Int J Ment Health Addiction 13, 776–787 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-015-9575-9

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