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Table 1 Research topics identified

From: Mental health service accessibility, development and research priority setting in Cambodia - a post-conflict nation

Research categories

Research topics

Problem – prevalence

• Mental health (MH) issues in children and young people

• MH issues in adults

• MH issues in children and young people with disabilities

• MH issues in people with disabilities in adults

• Drug and alcohol issues

Cause—conceptual understanding

• How MH issues are experienced

• Understanding health seeking behaviours

• Cultural conceptualisation of mental health symptoms and mental health disorders

Solution – effectiveness

• Community based psychological (e.g., cognitive behavioural therapy), social (e.g., poverty reduction supports) and psychosocial interventions (e.g., psychoeducation, peer support) and medical mental health care interventions (e.g., medication)

• Self-care interventions for professionals

• Mindfulness interventions for a range of mental health issues and disorders (e.g., depression)

• Early childhood interventions

• Grants/loans in creating employment/educational opportunities

• Cognitive behavioural therapy

• Support programmes for substance misuse (e.g., relapse prevention)

Implementation – gaps

• Pathways to engagement in services for children and families

• Identifying the best treatment pathways for mental health services with individuals with disabilities

• Services for children who are “left behind” or orphaned and their carers

• Exploring family experiences of caring for children with disabilities

Social inclusion/exclusion

• MH and disability – experience of abuse, stigma and discrimination

• Exploring the need for the development of Mental Health legislation

• Exploring and understanding the use of force in MH intervention

• Stigma faced by parents of children who have MH problems

• Rights of people who have MH and/or disability issue

• Service access needs of people in rural areas