Mental Health

Enhancing Mental Health Support for Vulnerable Populations Mental disorders remain among the top ten global causes of disease burden, disproportionately impacting vulnerable populations such as women and sexual and gender minorities. In many low- and middle-income countries, stigma, limited services, and resources exacerbate mental health challenges. PERC Nepal is committed to understanding the burden of mental health issues and their underlying factors while developing interventions that train non-specialist health workers, peers, and lay providers to address psychological distress. Our work significantly improves mental health services and evaluates existing systems to better support vulnerable populations. Discover our related projects and publications below.

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Unveiling the Hidden Challenges: Psychosocial Health, Service Access, and HIV Risk Among Sexual and Gender Minorities in Nepal

Dr. Keshab Deuba, the Senior Health Advisor at PERC, received funding in 2009/2010 through the Netherlands Development Organization (SNV) and the Social Inclusion Research Fund (SIRF), Nepal, supported by the Norwegian Embass...

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Psychosocial health problems associated with increased HIV risk behaviour among men who have sex with men in Nepal: a cross-sectional survey.

PLoS ONE. March 2013

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23516434

Deuba K, Ekström AM, Shrestha R, Ionita G, Laxmi L, DK Karki

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Perceived discrimination as an independent risk factor for suicidal ideation among sexual minorities in Nepal.

PLOS ONE. July 2016

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27437996%20

Kohlbrenner V, Deuba K, DK Karki, Marrone G

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Social and structural factors associated with depression and suicidality among men who have sex with men and transgender women in Nepal.

BMC Psychiatry. September 2021

https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-021-03477-8

Storm S, Deuba K, Shrestha R, Marrone G et al

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Perceptions on violence against women and its impacts on mental health and response mechanisms among community-based stakeholders: a qualitative study from Nepal.

BMC Womens Health. 2024 Apr 24;24(1):258.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38658963/

Shrestha R, Sapkota D, Sarraf RR, Mehra D, Ekström AM, Deuba K

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Feasibility and Effectiveness of an Intervention to Reduce Intimate Partner Violence and Psychological Distress Among Women in Nepal: Protocol for the Domestic Violence Intervention (DeVI) Cluster-Randomized Trial.

JMIR Res Protoc. 2023 Aug 15:12:e45917.

https://www.researchprotocols.org/2023/1/e45917

Shrestha R, Sapkota D, Mehra D, Ekström AM, Deuba K

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