Table 5. Specialist outreach model human resources.

Health workers and backgrounds	Nb of pro-grammes	Roles	Training and supervision
Generalist doctor	1 (Bapu Trust)	exclude organic disorders (hired just for outreach clinics)	none
Non-physician professionals: social worker (SW) (3); nurse/ pharmacist (1)	3	part of outreach teams	by specialists: regular supervision
LHWs: primary/secondary school (10); recovered users (5); graduates (3)	15	identification/ referral psychosocial support counselling (5) emotional first aid (3 helplines) vocational training (5) administrative roles (2)	well supported by care managers and specialists
Community members: volunteer (any educational level)	1 (Banyan reintegration programme)	reintegrate patients into families/ community	by specialists
Care managers*: experienced LHWs (4); SWs/graduates (8); psychologists (2), PSWs (2), psychiatrists (6)	17	in addition to own clinical roles: patient-LHW-specialist liaison (9) train (4), coordinate (6) and supervise (all) LHWs reintegration activities (1)	regular by specialists
Administrative coordinator: graduate	1 (MHAT)	coordinate clinic/homecare activities monitor/coordinate nurses/LHWs	training: intensive palliative course supervision: by head/psychiatrist
Specialists (team structure): specialist MDTs (8); in-house psychiatrist (6); no psychiatrist (2) (have psychologist)		outreach clinics (matched care) (13), home visits (1) training PHWs (4) support/supervise care managers/ coordinators (13) and PHWs directly (8). Hierarchical supervision (4) care coordination (see above). trial monitoring, advocacy (SCARF) lead organisation	none

* Some programmes had more than one care manager

MHAT: Mental Health Action Trust; SCARF: Schizophrenia Research Foundation.