Collaborative Interpersonal Psychotherapy for HIV-Positive Women in Kenya: A Case Study From the Mental Health, HIV and Domestic Violence (MIND) Study
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We examine the efficacy of nonspecialists delivering interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) to HIV-positive (HIV+) women. We describe a case in which local personnel without prior mental health training delivered IPT for the treatment of depression and posttraumatic stress disorder in an HIV+ woman who reported experiencing gender-based violence and was enrolled in HIV care at the Family AIDS, Care, Education and Services program in Kisumu, Kenya.
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A randomized controlled trial in Kenya among HIV-positive women affected by gender-based violence reported support for both the content and structure of a group interpersonal psychotherapy intervention, as well as its feasibility.
“There is additional evidence that supports efficacy among GBV survivors—an RCT in Kenya among HIV-positive women affected by GBV reported support for both the content and structure of a group IPT intervention, as well as its feasibility [42,43].”
From Psychological Interventions for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence in Humanitarian Settings: An Overview of the Evidence and Implementation Considerations (2022) · cites this paper as [42]
The Introduction describes an ongoing trial in Kenya involving HIV-positive women affected by gender-based violence, which supports the population and trial setting. It specifies individual, not group, IPT; the paper presents a case from that trial rather than trial findings supporting the intervention’s content, structure, or feasibility. No page numbers are provided in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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- Authors
- Opiyo, E., Ongeri, L., Rota, G., Verdeli, H., Neylan, T., & Meffert, S.
- Affiliations
- Family AIDS Care Education and Services
- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KE)
- Columbia University (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Corresponding author
- Meffert, Susan
- Venue
- Journal of Clinical Psychology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2016-07-27
- Volume
- 72
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 779-783
- ISSN
- 0021-9762 (ISSN-L)
- 1097-4679
- PMC
- PMC6788292
- OpenAlex
- W2500601834
- Cited by
- 17
- References
- 20
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 0.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Journal of Clinical Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (K23MH098767)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Keywords
- interpersonal psychotherapy, women living with HIV, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, gender-based violence, domestic violence, Kenya, HIV care
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Major Depressive Disorder, Female, HIV Seropositivity, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Kenya, Psychotherapy, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
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