Tirfessa, Kebede
Lund, Crick
Medhin, Girmay
Hailemichael, Yohannes
Habtamu, Kassahun
Fekadu, Abebaw
Hanlon, Charlotte http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7937-3226
Funding for this research was provided by:
Department for International Development, UK Government (201446)
Article History
Received: 16 November 2018
Accepted: 8 April 2019
First Online: 19 April 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Addis Ababa University (Ref. 026/15/psy) and the Human Research Ethics Committee at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town (HREC REF: 412/2011). Study participants were 18 years and older, and written informed consent was sought before data collection from the person with SMD or their caregiver, if the person with SMD lacked capacity to make the decision to participate. Non-literate participants gave finger-prints to signify their willingness to participate. Free primary care-based mental health treatment was provided via the PRIME project.