Group support psychotherapy for depression treatment in people with HIV/AIDS in northern Uganda: a single-centre randomised controlled trial

The Lancet HIV

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2015, Pages e190-e199

  Nakimuli Mpungu, Etheldreda ^a,b   Wamala, Kizito ^c   Okello, James ^b,d   Alderman, Stephen ^b   Odokonyero, Raymond ^a   Mojtabai, Ramin ^e   Mills, Edward J ^f   Kanters, Steve ^g   Nachega, Jean B ^h   Musisi, Seggane ^a,b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b Peter C Alderman Foundation   (United States)

^c African Centre for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture Victims   (Uganda)

^d GULU UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OPEN STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; SELF HELP; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL COUNSELING; UGANDA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SELF REPORT; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SEX COUNSELING; UGANDA;

EID: 84982181967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23523018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(15)00041-7     Document Type: Article

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