Effect of a primary care-based psychological intervention on symptoms of common mental disorders in Zimbabwe: A randomized clinical trial

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 316, Issue 24, 2016, Pages 2618-2626

  Chibanda, Dixon ^a   Weiss, Helen A ^b   Verhey, Ruth ^a   Simms, Victoria ^b   Munjoma, Ronald ^a   Rusakaniko, Simbarashe ^a   Chingono, Alfred ^a   Munetsi, Epiphania ^a   Bere, Tarisai ^a   Manda, Ethel ^a   Abas, Melanie ^c   Araya, Ricardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOM; THERAPY EFFECT; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PEER GROUP; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PEER GROUP; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 85008502049     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.19102     Document Type: Article

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