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Moving beyond a 'one-size-fits-all' rationale in global mental health: prospects of a precision psychology paradigm

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Purgato, M.
Singh, R.
Cuijpers, P.

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Research on the effectiveness of mental health and psychosocial support interventions for common mental disorders in global mental health provides controversial results. These results are based on mean values for different groups, often without due consideration of individual-level characteristics and contextual factors. Against this background, and based on the recent development of a precision theoretical framework in clinical psychology, which is calling for a renewed perspective on the development and implementation of trial designs, we propose to develop a precision psychology paradigm in global mental health, with emphasis not only on individual clinical and socio-demographic data, but also on the social determinants of mental health. A precision psychology paradigm would require a coordinated action of academics, stakeholders and humanitarian workers in planning a global mental health research agenda, including the design of trials aimed at reliably approximate prediction of intervention response at individual level.

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Cambridge University Press (CUP)

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Psychiatry

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Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences

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10.1017/S2045796021000500

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