Integrating Mental Health Care into Health Care Systems and Non-Health Settings in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

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This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) invites implementation research applications to develop, optimize, and test innovative theory-based strategies to integrate mental health care into health care systems - integrating mental and physical health care - and other community settings - schools, community center and others- within health care systems in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). This NOFO aims to support innovative research for implementing, scaling up, and financially sustaining integrated mental health care models to ultimately increase demand and utilization, quality, access, and availability of mental health care. This NOFO is also expected to contribute to the long-term goals of strengthening the sustainable research capacity in LMICs and enhancing the potential for multidirectional knowledge and the exchange of research advancements. NIMH encourages partnerships between institutions in LMICs and high-income-countries (HICs).