Pre-and-post Study With a Nested Randomized Trial of Digital Training to Teach Problem-solving Counselling in India

This study is part of a Wellcome Trust-funded research program in India called PRIDE (PRemIum for aDolEscents, 2016-2022) led by Principal Investigator Prof. Vikram Patel (Harvard Medical School). The goal of PRIDE is to establish a suite of scalable psychosocial interventions for common adolescent mental health problems in India. Following on from earlier studies to develop and evaluate the various PRIDE interventions in school settings, the current study aims to generate evidence on methods to support implementation. We will undertake a pre-and-post study design with a nested randomized controlled trial with the specific aims to: 1. Evaluate the effects of digital training on non-specialists' competency to deliver an evidence-based problem-solving intervention for common adolescent mental health problems 2. Evaluate the incremental effect of digital training with coaching (DT-C) in comparison with self-guided digital training (DT) on non-specialists' competency to deliver an evidence-based problem-solving intervention for common adolescent mental health problems 3. Evaluate the processes affecting the implementation of training interventions in both arms