Psychological interventions for post-traumatic stress disorder in people living with HIV in Resource poor settings: a systematic review. Verhey, R., Chibanda, D., Brakarsh, J., & Seedat, S. Tropical medicine & international health: TM & IH, 21(10):1198–1208, October, 2016.
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OBJECTIVE: Post-traumatic stress disorder is pervasive in low- and middle-income countries. There is evidence to suggest that post-traumatic stress disorder is more common among people living with HIV than non-infected matched controls. We carried out a systematic review of interventions for adult post-traumatic stress disorder from resource poor settings with a focus on people living with HIV. METHODS: We included all studies that investigated interventions for adult post-traumatic stress disorder from resource poor settings with a focus on interventions that were either randomised controlled trials or observational cohort studies carried out from 1980 to May 2015. RESULTS: Of the 25 articles that were identified for full review, two independent reviewers identified seven studies that met our study inclusion criteria. All randomised controlled trials (RCT) (n = 6) used cognitive behavioural therapy-based interventions and focused on people living with HIV in resource poor settings. There was only one study focusing on the use of lay counsellors to address post-traumatic stress disorder but core competencies were not described. There were no intervention studies from Africa, only an observational cohort study from Rwanda. CONCLUSION: Rigorously evaluated interventions for adult post-traumatic stress disorder in people living with HIV are rare. Most were undertaken in resource poor settings located in high-income countries. There is a need for research on the development and implementation of appropriate interventions for post-traumatic stress disorder in people living with HIV in low- and middle-income countries.
@article{verhey_psychological_2016,
	title = {Psychological interventions for post-traumatic stress disorder in people living with {HIV} in {Resource} poor settings: a systematic review},
	volume = {21},
	issn = {1365-3156},
	shorttitle = {Psychological interventions for post-traumatic stress disorder in people living with {HIV} in {Resource} poor settings},
	doi = {10.1111/tmi.12756},
	abstract = {OBJECTIVE: Post-traumatic stress disorder is pervasive in low- and middle-income countries. There is evidence to suggest that post-traumatic stress disorder is more common among people living with HIV than non-infected matched controls. We carried out a systematic review of interventions for adult post-traumatic stress disorder from resource poor settings with a focus on people living with HIV.
METHODS: We included all studies that investigated interventions for adult post-traumatic stress disorder from resource poor settings with a focus on interventions that were either randomised controlled trials or observational cohort studies carried out from 1980 to May 2015.
RESULTS: Of the 25 articles that were identified for full review, two independent reviewers identified seven studies that met our study inclusion criteria. All randomised controlled trials (RCT) (n = 6) used cognitive behavioural therapy-based interventions and focused on people living with HIV in resource poor settings. There was only one study focusing on the use of lay counsellors to address post-traumatic stress disorder but core competencies were not described. There were no intervention studies from Africa, only an observational cohort study from Rwanda.
CONCLUSION: Rigorously evaluated interventions for adult post-traumatic stress disorder in people living with HIV are rare. Most were undertaken in resource poor settings located in high-income countries. There is a need for research on the development and implementation of appropriate interventions for post-traumatic stress disorder in people living with HIV in low- and middle-income countries.},
	language = {eng},
	number = {10},
	journal = {Tropical medicine \& international health: TM \& IH},
	author = {Verhey, Ruth and Chibanda, Dixon and Brakarsh, Jonathan and Seedat, Soraya},
	month = oct,
	year = {2016},
	pmid = {27443803},
	keywords = {Adult, Developing Countries, HIV, HIV Infections, Humans, People living with HIV, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Trastorno por estrés postraumático (TEPT), VIH, lugares con pocos recursos, milieux pauvres en ressources, personas viviendo con VIH, personnes vivant avec le VIH, resource poor settings, syndrome de stress post-traumatique (SSPT)},
	pages = {1198--1208},
}

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