Effect of a multicomponent behavioral intervention in adults impaired by psychological distress in a conflict-affected area of Pakistan: A randomized clinical trial

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 316, Issue 24, 2016, Pages 2609-2617

  Rahman, Atif ^a   Hamdani, Syed Usman ^b   Awan, Naila Riaz ^c   Bryant, Richard A ^d   Dawson, Katie S ^d   Khan, Muhammad Firaz ^c   Azeemi, Mian Mukhtar Ul Haq ^c   Akhtar, Parveen ^b   Nazir, Huma ^b   Chiumento, Anna ^a   Sijbrandij, Marit ^e   Wang, Duolao ^f   Farooq, Saeed ^c,g   Van Ommeren, Mark ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Human Development Research Foundation   (Pakistan)

^c LADY READING HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^g KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTICOMPONENT BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ECONOMICS; EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MENTAL STRESS; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SHORT TERM PSYCHOTHERAPY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTOR; WAR EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAKISTAN; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; WAR EXPOSURE;

EID: 85008431793     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.17165     Document Type: Article

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