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WHO Mental Health Gap Action Program (mhGAP) for Improving Child Mental and Behavioral Disorder Service Quality in China

Sponsor: Sun Yat-sen University

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the adapted mhGAP intervention guide (mhGAP-IG) can improve quality of child mental and behavioral disorders (CMBDs) services in China. It will also learn about the implementation of the mhGAP-IG delivered by kindergarten teachers. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does the adapted mhGAP-IG reduce the symptom severity among children with CMBDs between two and sis years old? * Does the adapted mhGAP-IG reduce psychological distress among caregivers of children with CMBDs? * Does the adapted mhGAP-IG improve mental and behavioral health serivces capacity among kindergarten teachers in China? * How is the feasibility, acceptablity, and what are barriers and facilitators of implementation? Researchers will compare the adapted mhGAP-IG to child healthcare as usual to see if the adapted mhGAP-IG can improve quality of child mental and behavioral disorders services in China. Participants (kindergarten teachers) will: * Complete questionnaires and scales at baseline and at 3-, 6-, 9- and 12- months of intervention; * Receive mhGAP-based trainings; * Deliver long-term child mental and behavioral disorders services (including screenings, referals, follow-up, and physcosocial interventions) to children with CMBDs. Participants (children/caregivers) will: * Complete questionnaires and scales at baseline and at 3-, 6- and 12- months of intervention. * Accept long-term CMBDs management (including screenings, referals, follow-up management, and physcosocial interventions) from mhGAP-trained kindergarten teachers.

Official title: WHO Mental Health Gap Action Program (mhGAP) Delivered by Primary Care Workers for Improving Quality of Child Mental and Behavioral Disorders Services: A Hybrid Effectiveness-implementation Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

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