Combining mHealth Technology and Pharmacotherapy to Improve Mental Health Outcomes and Reduce Human Rights Abuses in West Africa: Intervention Field Trial

Dror Ben-Zeev   ¹ , PhD ;   Anna Larsen   ^{1, 2} , MPH, PhD ;   Dzifa A Attah   ³ , MPhil, PhD ;   Kwadwo Obeng   ⁴ , MBChB ;   Alexa Beaulieu   ¹ , MPH ;   Seth M Asafo   ³ , MPhil, PhD ;   Jonathan Kuma Gavi   ³ , PhD ;   Arya Kadakia   ¹ , BA ;   Emmanuel Quame Sottie   ³ , BA ;   Sammy Ohene   ³ , MBChB ;   Lola Kola   ^{5, 6} , PhD ;   Kevin Hallgren   ¹ , PhD ;   Jaime Snyder   ^{1, 7} , PhD ;   Pamela Y Collins   ⁸ , MPH, MD ;   Angela Ofori-Atta   ³ , MA, PhD ;   M-Healer Research Team   ³

¹ Behavioral Research in Technology and Engineering Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

² Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

³ Department of Psychiatry, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

⁴ Accra Psychiatric Hospital, Accra, Ghana

⁵ Department of Psychiatry, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

⁶ Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

⁷ Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

⁸ Department of Mental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States