Clinical Research Directory

1. Mental health experts Inclusion criteria 1. Provided counselling or psychiatric care to care-recipients during the COVID-19 pandemic 2. Works within or around Lusaka city 3. Willing to participate in the study Exclusion criteria a. Did not interact with family caregivers extensively 2. Family caregivers Inclusion criteria 1. Provide unpaid care to a care-recipient during the COVID-19 pandemic 2. Live in the same house with the care-recipient Exclusion criteria <!-- --> 1. Unrelated to care-recipient. Other carer's such as housekeepers that may assist with home-based care for care-recipients. 2. Other relatives that assist with logistics (for example driving the patient to a hospital) but do not spend significant time with the patient. 3. Care-recipients Inclusion criteria 1. Experience one or more mental health problems as reported by either the caregiver or themselves 2. Cared for by a family caregiver in a home setting during the COVID-19 pandemic 3. Aged 15 years and above Exclusion criteria <!-- --> 1. Care-recipient's with severe mental health illness (e.g. psychosis, schizophrenia and severe dementia) that prevents them from giving informed consent. 2. Care-recipients institutionalized in a mental health facility and not receiving care from a family caregiver during the COVID-19 pandemic