Ankita Mukherjee, Sandhya Kanaka Yatirajula, Sudha Kallakuri, Srilatha Paslawar, Heidi Lempp, Usha Raman, Beverley M Essue, Rajesh Sagar, Renu Singh, David Peiris, Robyn Norton, Graham Thornicroft, Pallab K Maulik
BACKGROUND: Adolescents are vulnerable to stressors because of the rapid physical and mental changes that they go through during this life period. Young people residing in slum communities experience additional stressors due to living conditions, financial stress, and limited access to healthcare and social support services. The Adolescents' Resilience and Treatment nEeds for Mental Health in Indian Slums (ARTEMIS) study, is testing an intervention intended to improve mental health outcomes for adolescents living in urban slums in India combining an anti-stigma campaign with a digital health intervention to identify and manage depression, self-harm/suicide risk or other significant emotional complaints...
January 20, 2024: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health