Group support psychotherapy for depression treatment in people with HIV/AIDS in northern Uganda: a single-centre randomised controlled trial.

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Group support psychotherapy (GSP) is a culturally sensitive intervention that aims to treat depression by enhancing social support, teaching coping skills, and income-generating skills. We compared GSP with group HIV education (GHE) for treatment of depression in people with HIV in Uganda.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Lancet HIV

Title: The lancet. HIV

ISSN (Electronic): 2352-3018

ISSN (Print): 2352-3018

Publication date (Electronic): May 2015

Volume: 2

Issue: 5

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[1 ] Makerere University, College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda; Peter C Alderman Foundation, NewYork, NY, USA. Electronic address: ethelmpungu@yahoo.com.

[2 ] African Center for Tortured Victims, Kampala, Uganda.

[3 ] Peter C Alderman Foundation, NewYork, NY, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Gulu University, Gulu, Uganda.

[4 ] Peter C Alderman Foundation, NewYork, NY, USA.

[5 ] Makerere University, College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.

[6 ] Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Department of Mental Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.

[7 ] Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

[8 ] School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

[9 ] Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.

[10 ] Makerere University, College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda; Peter C Alderman Foundation, NewYork, NY, USA.

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Publisher Item ID: S2352-3018(15)00041-7

DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(15)00041-7

PubMed ID: 26423001

SO-VID: ddd7cacf-f3fe-4e9e-9451-36f19e5d2856

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