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Perinatal Wellness: Manual for Community Mental Health Outreach 2024

This is a manual for Community Health Workers to understand how to provide brief intervention to women in perinatal and postpartum period. It describes a brief psychological intervention for common mental disorders – Depression, Anxiety and Substance Use Disorder. The standardized therapy, based on principles of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, has been modified for use by Community Health Workers. This book is meant as a guide to CHWs who have been working in the field of mental health.