Most mental-health problems are untreated. Trained laypeople can help.
Talk therapy is cheap and surprisingly effective
Mental-health care needs to change as almost everywhere, psychiatrists and clinical psychologists are scarce. Talk therapy, which the World Health Organisation recommends as a first line of treatment for mild-to-moderate depression and anxiety, can be delegated to non-specialists—a concept known as "task-shifting"
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