Mental health

How can cost-effective interventions help improve healthcare in developing countries? Evidence from 16 countries sheds light on recent innovations aimed at increasing access and quality.

Twenty years after the Lord's Resistance Army conflict ended in northern Uganda, women who were abducted as children during the war and subsequently released show significantly higher rates of depression and perceived stress, reduced social support, ...

Among women in rural Ghana, depression and anxiety reduce take-up for jobs outside the home, but have no effect on productivity or earnings when the same job is offered at home – suggesting that work environment is a key barrier to labour market part...

A randomised evaluation of a cash and psychological intervention in Ethiopia shows that the joint intervention is needed to improve both mental health and economic outcomes, but the effectiveness of the combined intervention is attenuated by active c...

Research on Ghana found that providing low-income adults with small, regular mobile communication credits significantly reduced mental distress and domestic violence during COVID-19.

A three-day training programme to improve hairdressers’ active listening skills did not improve women’s mental health in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, and in fact worsened mental health outcomes for providers. However, the training did change women’s perce...

Face-to-face counselling for Nepali adolescents improved mental well-being, but translating these gains into better schooling outcomes proved elusive.

A group therapy programme only reduced depression rates among adolescent girls in Uganda in the short-term. Adding a cash transfer to the programme backfired, likely due to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated stressors.

Are the elderly more likely to be depressed? How does depression impact the lives of seniors?