Luhar Leya, Arya Aditi, Rafiq Raeesah, Chakraborty Nandini
Leicester Medical School, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.
BJPsych Bull. 2025 Jan 7:1-6. doi: 10.1192/bjb.2024.116.
The Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) was launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2008 to scale up services for mental, neurological and substance use disorders for low- and lower-middle-income countries. Subsequently, an updated mhGAP intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG 2.0) was released in 2016. This study explores the use and effectiveness of mhGAP-IG 2.0 by mental health volunteers of two South Asian charities in the UK. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with eight volunteers. The core themes identified were mental health awareness, mental health education, empathy and care, social perception and bias within the South Asian community, and personal development. The study identified mhGAP as a tool with transformative potential. Although the WHO originally planned the mgGAP-IG as a tool for low- and middle-income countries with limited mental health resources, this study demonstrates its usefulness even in high-income countries, as a foundation to educate volunteers working in mental health.
精神卫生差距行动规划（mhGAP）由世界卫生组织（WHO）于2008年发起，旨在扩大低收入和中低收入国家针对精神、神经和物质使用障碍的服务。随后，2016年发布了更新版的mhGAP干预指南（mhGAP-IG 2.0）。本研究探讨了英国两家南亚慈善机构的心理健康志愿者对mhGAP-IG 2.0的使用情况及其有效性。对八名志愿者进行了半结构化访谈。确定的核心主题包括心理健康意识、心理健康教育、同理心与关怀、南亚社区内的社会认知与偏见以及个人发展。该研究将mhGAP确定为具有变革潜力的工具。尽管世卫组织最初将mhGAP-IG规划为心理健康资源有限的低收入和中等收入国家的工具，但本研究表明，它即使在高收入国家也有用，可作为教育从事心理健康工作的志愿者的基础。
