Abas, Melanie

Effect of a Primary Care–Based Psychological Intervention on Symptoms of Common Mental Disorders in Zimbabwe: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Chibanda, D., Weiss, H. A., Verhey, R., Simms, V., Munjoma, R., Rusakaniko, S., Chingono, A., Munetsi, E., Bere, T., Manda, E., et al. (2016) · JAMA

Mental Health Treatment and AccessHealth Policy Implementation Science

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Problem-solving therapy for depression and common mental disorders in Zimbabwe: piloting a task-shifting primary mental health care intervention in a population with a high prevalence of people living with HIV

Chibanda, D., Mesu, P., Kajawu, L., Cowan, F., Araya, R., & Abas, M. A. (2011) · BMC Public Health

Mental Health Treatment and AccessPsychotherapy Techniques and Applications

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The Friendship Bench programme: a cluster randomised controlled trial of a brief psychological intervention for common mental disorders delivered by lay health workers in Zimbabwe

Chibanda, D., Bowers, T., Verhey, R., Rusakaniko, S., Abas, M., Weiss, H. A., & Araya, R. (2015) · International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Mental Health Treatment and AccessHealth Policy Implementation Science

Cited by 179

‘Opening up the mind’: problem-solving therapy delivered by female lay health workers to improve access to evidence-based care for depression and other common mental disorders through the Friendship Bench Project in Zimbabwe

Abas, M., Bowers, T., Manda, E., Cooper, S., Machando, D., Verhey, R., Lamech, N., Araya, R., & Chibanda, D. (2016) · International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Mental Health Treatment and AccessHealth Policy Implementation Science

Cited by 114

Psychological interventions for alcohol use disorders in people living with HIV/AIDS: a systematic review

Madhombiro, M., Musekiwa, A., January, J., Chingono, A., Abas, M., & Seedat, S. (2019) · Systematic Reviews

Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk

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Effectiveness of a psychological intervention delivered by general nurses for alcohol use disorders in people living with HIV in Zimbabwe: a cluster randomized controlled trial

Madhombiro, M., Kidd, M., Dube, B., Dube, M., Mutsvuke, W., Muronzie, T., Zhou, D. T., Derveeuw, S., Chibanda, D., Chingono, A., et al. (2020) · Journal of the International AIDS Society

Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk

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Common mental disorders and primary health care: current practice in low-income countries

Abas, M., Baingana, F., Broadhead, J., Iacoponi, E., & Vanderpyl, J. (2003) · Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Mental Health Treatment and AccessPsychiatric care and mental health services

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African Youth in Mind – Protocol of a Pilot feasibility trial of a brief psychological Intervention for older adolescents with depression delivered through senior high schools in Navrongo, Ghana

Jopling, R., Attah, D., Abas, M., Adde, K. S., Goldsmith, K., Bere, T., Nyamayaro, P., Aborigo, R. A., Barrett, B., Owusu, L., et al. (2025) · PLOS ONE

Mental Health Treatment and AccessDigital Mental Health Interventions

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