PHC	Primary Healthcare
PRISMA	Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews
WHO	World Health Organization’s
mhGAP	Mental Health Gap Action Programme
PROSPERO	Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews
GPs	General Practitioners
MDs	Mean Differences
RCTs	Randomized Controlled Trials
ROBINS-I	Risk Of Bias In Non-randomized Studies of Interventions
MMAT	Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool
CASP	Critical Appraisal Skills Programme Qualitative Checklist
PWLE	People With Lived Experience
OMS-HC	Opening Minds Scale for Health Care Providers
MICA	Mental Illness: Clinicians’ Attitudes Scale
EAPS-TM	Escala de Actitudes de los Profesionales de Salud hacia Personas con Trastornos Men-tales
PHPs	public health professionals
PCPs	primary care providers
AMIQ	Attitudes to Mental Illness Questionnaire
DAQ	Depression Attitude Questionnaire
R-DAQ	Revised-Depression Attitudes Questionnaire
SCAN	Screen, Care, Advise, and decide on Next steps
SDS	Social Distance Scale
RESHAPE	reducing stigma among health providers
TAU	Training as Usual
VAS	Visual analogue scales
DSM-IV	Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
EOHC	Equity-Oriented Health Care
SMD	Severe Mental Disorders
PCP	primary care providers
CESFAMs	Centro de Salud Familiar
OSCE	Objective Structured Clinical Examination
SMI	Serious Mental Illness
USA	United States of America
PHCW	healthcare workers
NHS	National Health Service
CMD	Common Mental Disorders
CME	Continuing Medical Education
SNNPR	Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region
HEWs	Health Extension Workers
UK	United Kingdom
LGAs	Local Government Areas
MHLS	Mental Health Literacy
MCQ	Multiple-Choice Questionnaires
ASHA	Accredited Social Health Activists
BAMHS	Beliefs and Attitudes towards Mental Health Service
EDSS	Electronic Decision Support
IVRS	Interactive voice response system