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Evidence Based Treatments for Trauma-Related Psychological Disorders

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Although the vast majority of research into posttraumatic mental health, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), emerges from western nations, most of the world’s population exposed to trauma and adversity live in non-western countries. People living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are more likely to be exposed to a range of difficult live events and not surprisingly experience higher rates of mental disorders. This chapter reviews the current knowledge about mental health, and particularly posttraumatic mental health, in LMICs. It commences with a review of the prevalence of disorders in LMICs, outlines some of the major risk factors for disorders, and discusses current evidence pertaining to treatment initiatives. The chapter also focuses on the major challenges facing the field of mental health in balancing the need to address mental health problems in LMICs with the ongoing reality that LMICs have limited resources to allocate to mental health programs. The chapter outlines the role of scalable, task-shifting approaches that have implemented mental health non-specialists to deliver programs in settings where there is a large gap between mental health needs and treatment delivery.

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