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Markkula, N.
Lehti, V.
Adhikari, P.
Peña, S.
Heliste, J.
Mikkonen, E.
Rautanen, M.
Salama, E.
Guragain, B.
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Guragain, B.
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spellingShingle Markkula, N., Lehti, V., Adhikari, P., Peña, S., Heliste, J., Mikkonen, E., Rautanen, M., Salama, E., Guragain, B., Global Mental Health, Effectiveness of non-medical health worker-led counselling on psychological distress: a randomized controlled trial in rural Nepal, General Medicine
title Effectiveness of non-medical health worker-led counselling on psychological distress: a randomized controlled trial in rural Nepal
title_full Effectiveness of non-medical health worker-led counselling on psychological distress: a randomized controlled trial in rural Nepal
title_fullStr Effectiveness of non-medical health worker-led counselling on psychological distress: a randomized controlled trial in rural Nepal
title_full_unstemmed Effectiveness of non-medical health worker-led counselling on psychological distress: a randomized controlled trial in rural Nepal
title_short Effectiveness of non-medical health worker-led counselling on psychological distress: a randomized controlled trial in rural Nepal
title_sort effectiveness of non-medical health worker-led counselling on psychological distress: a randomized controlled trial in rural nepal
title_unstemmed Effectiveness of non-medical health worker-led counselling on psychological distress: a randomized controlled trial in rural Nepal
topic General Medicine
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2019.15