Implementing a digital mental health intervention for individuals with psychosis - a multi-country qualitative study

Pemovska, Tamara; Arënliu, Aliriza; Konjufca, Jon; Uka, Fitim; Hunter, Jennifer; Bajraktarov, Stojan; Stevović, Lidija Injac; Jerotić, Stefan; Kulenović, Alma Džubur; Novotni, A; Novotni, Ljubisa; Radojičić, Tamara; Repišti, Selman; Ribić, Emina; Ristić, Ivan; Mešević, Eldina Smajić; Zebić, Mirjana; Jovanović, Nikolina

doi:10.1186/s12888-021-03466-x

Implementing a digital mental health intervention for individuals with psychosis - a multi-country qualitative study

Journal

BMC psychiatry

Date Issued

2021-09-25

Author(s)

Pemovska, Tamara

Arënliu, Aliriza

Konjufca, Jon

Uka, Fitim

Hunter, Jennifer

Stevović, Lidija Injac

Jerotić, Stefan

Kulenović, Alma Džubur

Novotni, A

Novotni, Ljubisa

Radojičić, Tamara

Repišti, Selman

Ribić, Emina

Ristić, Ivan

Mešević, Eldina Smajić

Zebić, Mirjana

Jovanović, Nikolina

DOI

10.1186/s12888-021-03466-x

Abstract

Implementation of psychosocial interventions in mental health services has the potential to improve the treatment of psychosis spectrum disorders (PSD) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where care is predominantly focused on pharmacotherapy. The first step is to understand the views of key stakeholders. We conducted a multi-language qualitative study to explore the contextual barriers and facilitators to implementation of a cost-effective, digital psychosocial intervention, called DIALOG+, for treating PSD. DIALOG+ builds on existing clinician-patient relationships without requiring development of new services, making it well-fitting for healthcare systems with scarce resources.