Collaborative Care for Children's Mental Health Problems

"General practitioners will be trained using internationally-developed materials, including the World Health Organization's mental health need/service gap (mhGAP) materials and others, adapted for the trial setting (based on formative work that is part of the project). They will be assisted and monitored as part of the ongoing collaborative care program in which they are participating."

General practitioners have been trained to recognize children's mental health problems and to refer them to a partner community mental health center. They receive feedback about the referral but are not encouraged to take on care for the child themselves.