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Table 1 Areas included in the topic guides

From: Mental health stigma at primary health care centres in Lebanon: qualitative study

Programme managers and policy makers

• Health system structural and organisational factors

Lead primary care clinician or manager

• Provision of mental health care at the PHC

• Training and supervision for primary care providers (includes questions on PHC worker knowledge)

• Potential barriers to optimal practice (includes questions on staff burnout, attitudes and clinical competence/quality of care)

• Socio-cultural factors (includes questions on attitudes)

Primary care staff (clinical, administrative and support staff) in selected PHC centres

• Description of the role and commonly reported mental health problems

• Training and supervision for primary care providers (includes questions on PHC worker knowledge)

• Potential barriers to optimal practice (includes questions on staff burnout, attitudes and clinical competence/quality of care)

• Socio-cultural factors (includes questions on knowledge and attitudes)

Associated mental health professionals

• Description of the role

• Role in training and supervision of PHC staff and accepting referrals

• Experiences of supporting primary care providers and challenges

• Staff knowledge attitudes behaviour

• Role in any anti-stigma training or anti-stigma efforts

• Priority areas for interventions to address knowledge, attitudes and behaviours

Service users (SUs)

• Description (age, socioeconomic, demographics)

• Type of mental health problems, explanatory models, help-seeking and possible reasons for delays in helpseeking

• Experiences with treatment

• Experiences of stigma and discrimination

• Resources and anti-stigma interventions