Evaluating a community based mental health programme in West Bengal, India: Description of the methodology and lessons learned

• Describes methods used for evaluating a community-based mental health programme in India. • Describes the use of concurrent nested design with mixed-method approach to rapidly evaluate the programme. • Underlines the challenges of using such a methodology. • Provides an understanding of the importance of programme evaluation in overall service delivery. • Highlights key messages from a multifaceted programme to help future research. Mental...