title: Implementation Science for closing the treatment gap for mental disorders by translating evidence base into practice: experiences from the PRIME project.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This paper utilizes the experience of PRIME (Programme for Improving Mental health care) to exemplify how implementation science provides key insights and approaches to closing the treatment gap for mental disorders.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The real-world application of strategies described in the implementation science literature, accompanied by use of alternative, rigorous evaluation methods to assess their impact on patient outcomes, can help in closing the mental health treatment gap in disadvantaged populations.
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Research Scientist and Assistant Professor, Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India; Sangath, Goa, India; CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands rahul.shidhaye@phfi.org.
authors.forename: Rahul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shidhaye
mesh_terms: D003906:Developing Countries; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008605:Mental Health Services; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical
keywords: health services research; implementation research; low and middle income countries; mental disorders