Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in a Low-Income Country in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Call for Further Research

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This paper discusses the potential role of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) delivered by trained laypersons to address mental health shortages in Ethiopia and other low-resource settings. It reviews previous studies from African countries showing improvements in psychological distress and wellbeing following ACT interventions. The authors call for further research to evaluate the effectiveness of this task-sharing approach in Ethiopia, where no such studies have yet been conducted.

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a9de36ecd8964571
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Yonas E. Geda (Barrow Neurological Institute), Janina Krell‐Roesch (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Yaphet Fisseha (The Chicago School), Aida Tefera (Kotebe University of Education), Teferra Beyero (Kotebe University of Education), Deborah Rosenbaum, Thomas G. Szabo (Florida Institute of Technology), Mesfin Araya (Addis Ababa University), Steven C. Hayes (University of Nevada, Reno)
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2021-09-23
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gold
DOI
10.3389/fpubh.2021.732800
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@article{allodium:a9de36ecd8964571,
  title = {Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in a Low-Income Country in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Call for Further Research},
  author = {Yonas E. Geda and Janina Krell‐Roesch and Yaphet Fisseha and Aida Tefera and Teferra Beyero and Deborah Rosenbaum and Thomas G. Szabo and Mesfin Araya and Steven C. Hayes},
  year = {2021},
  journal = {OpenAlex},
  doi = {10.3389/fpubh.2021.732800},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.732800}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in a Low-Income Country in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Call for Further Research
AU  - Geda, Yonas E.
AU  - Krell‐Roesch, Janina
AU  - Fisseha, Yaphet
AU  - Tefera, Aida
AU  - Beyero, Teferra
AU  - Rosenbaum, Deborah
AU  - Szabo, Thomas G.
AU  - Araya, Mesfin
AU  - Hayes, Steven C.
PY  - 2021
PB  - OpenAlex
DO  - 10.3389/fpubh.2021.732800
UR  - https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.732800
ER  -

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Geda, Y. E., Krell‐Roesch, J., Fisseha, Y., Tefera, A., Beyero, T., Rosenbaum, D., Szabo, T. G., Araya, M., & Hayes, S. C. (2021). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in a Low-Income Country in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Call for Further Research. OpenAlex. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.732800

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