Cost-effectiveness of WHO Problem Management Plus for adults with mood and anxiety disorders in a post-conflict area of Pakistan
Randomised controlled trial
Abstract
With the development of evidence-based interventions for treatment of priority mental health conditions in humanitarian settings, it is important to establish the cost-effectiveness of such interventions to enable their scale-up.
The study concluded that the Problem Management Plus (PM+) intervention was more effective but also more costly when compared with enhanced usual care in reducing symptoms of anxiety, depression and improving functioning in adults impaired by psychological distress in a post-conflict setting in Pakistan. This provides useful information on the relative costs of mental health interventions for organisations scaling up these interventions in humanitarian settings.
This research was supported by the Research for Health in Humanitarian Crises (R2HC) Programme
Citation
Hamdani SU, Huma ZE, Rahman A, Wang D, Chen T, van Ommeren M, Chisholm D, Farooq S. Cost-effectiveness of WHO Problem Management Plus for adults with mood and anxiety disorders in a post-conflict area of Pakistan: randomised controlled trial. Br J Psychiatry. 2020 Nov;217(5):623-629. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2020.138. PMID: 32720628.