Afghan mental health and psychosocial well-being: thematic review of four decades of research and interventions.
Qais AlemiCatherine Panter-BrickSpozhmay OriyaMariam AhmadyAbdul Qawi AlimiHafizullah FaizNadia HakimSayed A Sami HashemiMuhammad Amin ManalyRoman NaseriKhesraw ParwizSayed Javid SadatMohammad Zahid SharifiZalmai ShinwariSayed Jafar AhmadiRohullah AminSayed AzimiAtal HewadZeinab MusaviAbdul Majeed SiddiqiMartha BraginWataru KashinoMichalis LavdasKenneth E MillerInge MissmahlPatricia A OmidianJean-François TraniSarah Kate van der WaltDerrick SilovePeter VentevogelPublished in: BJPsych open (2023)
We make four recommendations to promote health equity and sustainable systems of care. Interventions must build cultural relevance, invest in community-based psychosocial support and evidence-based psychological interventions, maintain core mental health services at logical points of access and foster integrated systems of care.