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Acknowledgements
Many individuals have contributed to this work . We thank all those who shared their professional and personal experiences to make this manual relevant and useful to helpers and caregivers in particular those who have contributed with the case stories in the manual .
MHHRI also wishes to thank colleagues , informants and all the participants in the two pilot trainings in Nepal for their invaluable feedback , as well as all those who reviewed the draft . Without them this manual could not have been completed .
We are also grateful to Pecunia and FORUT , who funded the manual , in collaboration with Himalpartner and organisations in Nepal , including CWIN and ECEC . We are most grateful to the staff of these organisations for their support , interest and confidence .
The Norwegian Mental Health Project manual has provided generous backing and funding for MHHRI ’ s work for many years and remains strongly committed to this manual and its objectives .
We also thank Plain Sense for their valuable input and for editing and finalising the document . The text was prepared by a writing team composed of :
Helen Christie ( responsible for the project ) Mari Bræin Lise Ulvestrand Nora Sveaass Sara Skilbred Fjeld Elisabeth Ng Langdal
Please refer to Appendix 1 for more information about the authors .