Abstract summary 

A local insurgency has displaced many people in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado. The authors' global team (comprising members from Brazil, Mozambique, South Africa, and the United States) has been scaling up mental health services across the neighboring province of Nampula, Mozambique, now host to >200,000 displaced people. The authors describe how mental health services can be expanded by leveraging digital technology and task-shifting (i.e., having nonspecialists deliver mental health care) to address the mental health needs of displaced people. These methods can serve as a model for other researchers and clinicians aiming to address mental health needs arising from humanitarian disasters in low-resource settings.

Authors & Co-authors:  Mootz Jennifer J JJ Chantre Catherine C Sikkema Kathleen K Greene M Claire MC Lovero Kathryn L KL Gouveia Lidia L Santos Palmira P Suleman Antonio A Comé Andrea Simone AS Feliciano Paulino P Uribe-Restrepo José Miguel JM Sweetland Annika C AC Shelton Rachel C RC Kane Jeremy J Mello Milena M Fumo Wilza W Cadena-Camargo Yazmin Y Weissman Myrna M Wainberg Milton L ML

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