Effect of a brief psychological intervention for common mental disorders on HIV viral suppression: A non-randomised controlled study of the Friendship Bench in Zimbabwe.
Victoria SimmsMelanie Amna AbasMonika MüllerEpiphania MunetsiLloyd DzapasiHelen A WeissDixon ChibandaPublished in: PLOS global public health (2024)
People living with co-morbid HIV and CMD may benefit from receiving a low-cost mental health intervention to enhance viral suppression, especially if they are already virally suppressed. Research is needed to understand if additional adherence counselling could further improve viral suppression.
Keyphrases
- hiv testing
- low cost
- men who have sex with men
- antiretroviral therapy
- sars cov
- hiv positive
- mental health
- randomized controlled trial
- hiv infected
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hepatitis c virus
- hiv aids
- bariatric surgery
- south africa
- mental illness
- clinical trial
- depressive symptoms
- insulin resistance
- physical activity