AUTHOR'S PROFILE

Abas

Publications (152)

Psychological impact and coping mechanisms among sudanese medical students: a study on anxiety, depression, behavioral, and cognitive changes post COVID-19 lockdown and ongoing conflict.

Journal: BMC psychology

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Saeed Ali Awadallah AA Al Zamel Ahmad Mohammad AM Abass Abrar Abdu AA Mohammed Aisha Ahmed AA Abdallh Fidaaldeen Adil FA Ali Hiba Elhadi HE Hassan Nooralain Mohammed NM Osman Raad Mohammed RM Mohammed Toga Abdelmutaal TA Yousif Azza Osman AO

95-95-95 HIV indicators among children younger than 15 years in South Africa: results from the 2017 national HIV prevalence, incidence, behaviour, and communication survey.

Journal: AIDS research and therapy

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Magobo Rindidzani E RE Mabaso Musawenkosi M Jooste Sean S Molopa Lesiba L Naidoo Inbarani I Simbayi Leickness L Zuma Khangelani K Zungu Nompumelelo N Shisana Olive O Moyo Sizulu S

Impact of smartphone addiction on health status, mental well-being, and sleep quality among medical students in Sudan.

Journal: BMC psychiatry

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Amin Mohammed Hammad Jaber MHJ Alhadi Hadia Abdelbagi HA Mohamed Asma Eltayeb Abdalla AEA Yacoub Hiba Kamal Eldin Taha HKET Khalifa Rabeia MohammedAhmed Hassan RMH Dafallah Ibrahim Abusufian Elkabashi IAE Yasin Fatima Mohamed Osman FMO Taha Amira Mohamed AM Adam Mohammed Yousif Abdalla MYA Abualabasher Majdy Osama MO

Impact of smartphone addiction on health status, mental well-being, and sleep quality among medical students in Sudan.

Journal: BMC psychiatry

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Amin Mohammed Hammad Jaber MHJ Alhadi Hadia Abdelbagi HA Mohamed Asma Eltayeb Abdalla AEA Yacoub Hiba Kamal Eldin Taha HKET Khalifa Rabeia MohammedAhmed Hassan RMH Dafallah Ibrahim Abusufian Elkabashi IAE Yasin Fatima Mohamed Osman FMO Taha Amira Mohamed AM Adam Mohammed Yousif Abdalla MYA Abualabasher Majdy Osama MO

Prevalence of physical and mental health problems among internally displaced persons in White Nile state, Sudan 2023: a cross sectional study.

Journal: BMC public health

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Ali Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed AMA Adam Omran Aldoma Mohammed OAM Salem Sara Eltayeb Mustafa SEM Hamad Sara Hamad Ibrahim SHI Ahmed Nosiba Elnair Musa NEM Ali Hassan Mohamed Ahmed HMA Abass Aseel Abass Mohamed AAM Abass Hiba-Allah Abass Mohamed HAM Izz-Eldein Albasher Abubaker A Yousif Mawada Eltagi Elsayid MEE

Validation of the Arabic version of the Adolescent Distress-Eustress Scale (ADES).

Journal: BMC psychology

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Merdad Nisma N Rashid Tabassum T Alzuabi Aya A Hallit Souheil S Fekih-Romdhane Feten F

Viral load non-suppression among adolescents and youth living with HIV in South Africa.

Journal: Southern African journal of infectious diseases

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Molopa Lesiba O LO Ginyana Thembelihle P TP Vondo Noloyiso N Magobo Rindidzani R Maseko Goitseone G Zungu Nompumelelo N Zuma Khangelani K Simbayi Leickness L Mabaso Musawenkosi M Moyo Sizulu S

Protecting the health of the most vulnerable in the overlooked Democratic Republic of Congo crisis.

Journal: Health science reports

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Phiri Sandra S SS George Nsikakabasi S NS Iseghehi Lucky L

Impulsivity as a predictor of clinical and psychological outcomes in a naturalistic prospective cohort of subjects at ultra-high risk (UHR) for psychosis from Tunisia.

Journal: Psychiatry research

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Fekih-Romdhane Feten F Ghrissi Farah F Abassi Bouthaina B Loch Alexandre Andrade AA Cherif Wissal W Damak Rahma R Ellini Sana S Cheour Majda M Hallit Souheil S

Social support experiences of adolescents living with perinatal HIV in rural Limpopo, South Africa.

Journal: Southern African journal of HIV medicine

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Mabasa Rirhandzu A RA Skaal Linda L Mothiba Tebogo M TM

Impact of financial incentives on viral suppression among adults initiating HIV treatment in Tanzania: a hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial.

Journal: The lancet. HIV

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Njau Prosper F PF Katabaro Emmanuel E Winters Solis S Sabasaba Amon A Hassan Kassim K Joseph Babuu B Maila Hamza H Msasa Janeth J Fahey Carolyn A CA Packel Laura L

"Empowerment for Us by Us (E4UBU)": Developing a Model of Empowerment Using Feminist Participatory Methods with LBQT+ Persons Assigned Female at Birth in Western Kenya.

Journal: International journal of environmental research and public health

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Tucker Heather M HM Odhiambo Rebecca R Jadwin-Cakmak Laura L Mbanda Anita A Lacombe-Duncan Ashley A Rucah Caroline C Ubong Ini-Abasi IA Akoth Ouko Cynthia C Odero Wilson W Harper Gary W GW

Translation, transcultural adaptation, and convergent validity of the Arabic version of the Mukbang addiction scale.

Journal: Journal of eating disorders

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Saeed Wizra W Merdad Nisma N Amin Rizwana R Rashid Tabassum T Hallit Souheil S Fekih-Romdhane Feten F

Estimating the Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic Restrictions on Self-reported Antiretroviral Therapy Use and Late Refill Visits Among People Living With HIV in Rural South Africa.

Journal: Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Tseng Ashley S AS Mugwanya Kenneth K KK Szpiro Adam A AA van Heerden Alastair A Ntinga Xolani X Schaafsma Torin T TT Barnabas Ruanne V RV

Depressed mood as a transdiagnostic target relevant to anxiety and/or psychosis: a scoping review protocol.

Journal: BMJ open

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Dambi Jermaine J Mavindidze Edwin E Nyamayaro Primrose P Beji-Chauke Rhulani R Tunduwani Tariro Dee TD Shava Beatrice K BK Mavhu Webster W Abas Melanie M Chibanda Dixon D Nhunzvi Clement C

The Impact of Financial Incentives on Mental Health among Adults in HIV Care in Lake Zone, Tanzania: A Two-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial.

Journal: AIDS (London, England)

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Chitle Pooja P Sheira Lila A LA Katabaro Emmanuel E Winters Solis S Njau Prosper F PF Sabasaba Amon A Mccoy Sandra I SI

Enhanced cervical cancer and HIV interventions reduce the disproportionate burden of cervical cancer cases among women living with HIV: A modeling analysis.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Broshkevitch Cara J CJ Barnabas Ruanne V RV Liu Gui G Palanee-Phillips Thesla T Rao Darcy White DW

Determinants of psychological distress among individuals who are aware of their HIV serostatus in South Africa: findings from the 2017 national HIV prevalence, incidence, behavior, and communication survey.

Journal: Frontiers in public health

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Vondo Noloyiso N Mabaso Musawenkosi M Ginyana Thembelihle T Malope Lesiba L Moyo Sizulu S Zungu Nompumelelo N Shisana Olive O

HIV-Related Stigma Among Pregnant Adolescents: A Qualitative Study of Patient Perspectives in Southwestern Uganda.

Journal: HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.)

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Kabunga Amir A Nabasirye Caroline Kambugu CK Kigingo Eustes E Namata Halimah H Shikanga Enos Mwirotsi EM Udho Samson S Auma Anna Grace AG Nabaziwa Jannat J Tumwesigye Raymond R Musinguzi Marvin M

Nigeria mental health law: Challenges and implications for mental health services.

Journal: The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Ozota Gerald O GO Sabastine Ruth N RN Uduji Franklin C FC Okonkwo Vanessa C VC

Defeating depression in the developing world: a Zimbabwean model.

Journal: The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science

Publication Year: 1994

Authors & Co-authors:  Abas M M Broadhead J C JC Mbape P P Khumalo-Sakatukwa G G

Depression and anxiety among women in an urban setting in Zimbabwe.

Journal: Psychological medicine

Publication Year: 1997

Authors & Co-authors:  Abas M A MA Broadhead J C JC

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.

Journal: BMC public health

Publication Year: 2012

Authors & Co-authors:  Chibanda Dixon D Mesu Petra P Kajawu Lazarus L Cowan Frances F Araya Ricardo R Abas Melanie A MA

Mental, neurological, and substance use disorders in people living with HIV/AIDS in low- and middle-income countries.

Journal: Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)

Publication Year: 2014

Authors & Co-authors:  Chibanda Dixon D Benjamin Laura L Weiss Helen A HA Abas Melanie M

Building mental health workforce capacity through training and retention of psychiatrists in Zimbabwe.

Journal: International review of psychiatry (Abingdon, England)

Publication Year: 2015

Authors & Co-authors:  Abas Melanie A MA Nhiwatiwa Sekai M SM Mangezi Walter W Jack Helen H Piette Angharad A Cowan Frances M FM Barley Elizabeth E Chingono Alfred A Iversen Amy A Chibanda Dixon D

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.

Journal: International journal of mental health systems

Publication Year: 2016

Authors & Co-authors:  Chibanda Dixon D Bowers Tarryn T Verhey Ruth R Rusakaniko Simbarashe S Abas Melanie M Weiss Helen A HA Araya Ricardo R

'I was thinking too much': experiences of HIV-positive adults with common mental disorders and poor adherence to antiretroviral therapy in Zimbabwe.

Journal: Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH

Publication Year: 2015

Authors & Co-authors:  Kidia Khameer K Machando Debra D Bere Tarisai T Macpherson Kirsty K Nyamayaro Primrose P Potter Lucy L Makadzange Tariro T Munjoma Ronald R Marufu Marshall M Araya Ricardo R

The mental health of HIV-positive adolescents.

Journal: The lancet. Psychiatry

Publication Year: 2017

Authors & Co-authors:  Kidia Khameer K Ndhlovu Chiratidzo C Jombo Shamiso S Abas Melanie M Makadzange Azure T AT

Mental health training for health workers in Africa: a systematic review.

Journal: The lancet. Psychiatry

Publication Year: 2017

Authors & Co-authors:  Liu Germaine G Jack Helen H Piette Angharad A Mangezi Walter W Machando Debra D Rwafa Chido C Goldenberg Matthew M Abas Melanie M

Validation of screening tools for depression and anxiety disorders in a primary care population with high HIV prevalence in Zimbabwe.

Journal: Journal of affective disorders

Publication Year: 2017

Authors & Co-authors:  Chibanda Dixon D Verhey Ruth R Gibson Lorna J LJ Munetsi Epiphania E Machando Debra D Rusakaniko Simbarashe S Munjoma Ronald R Araya Ricardo R Weiss Helen A HA Abas Melanie M

"We Are Not Really Marketing Mental Health": Mental Health Advocacy in Zimbabwe.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2017

Authors & Co-authors:  Hendler Reuben R Kidia Khameer K Machando Debra D Crooks Megan M Mangezi Walter W Abas Melanie M Katz Craig C Thornicroft Graham G Semrau Maya M Jack Helen H

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

Journal: JAMA

Publication Year: 2017

Authors & Co-authors:  Chibanda Dixon D Weiss Helen A HA Verhey Ruth R Simms Victoria V Munjoma Ronald R Rusakaniko Simbarashe S Chingono Alfred A Munetsi Epiphania E Bere Tarisai T Manda Ethel E

Feasibility and Acceptability of a Task-Shifted Intervention to Enhance Adherence to HIV Medication and Improve Depression in People Living with HIV in Zimbabwe, a Low Income Country in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Journal: AIDS and behavior

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Abas Melanie M Nyamayaro Primrose P Bere Tarisai T Saruchera Emily E Mothobi Nomvuyo N Simms Victoria V Mangezi Walter W Macpherson Kirsty K Croome Natasha N Magidson Jessica J

Mental health in Zimbabwe: a health systems analysis.

Journal: The lancet. Psychiatry

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Kidia Khameer K Machando Debra D Mangezi Walter W Hendler Reuben R Crooks Megan M Abas Melanie M Chibanda Dixon D Thornicroft Graham G Semrau Maya M Jack Helen H

Trained lay health workers reduce common mental disorder symptoms of adults with suicidal ideation in Zimbabwe: a cohort study.

Journal: BMC public health

Publication Year: 2018

Authors & Co-authors:  Munetsi Epiphany E Simms Victoria V Dzapasi Lloyd L Chapoterera Georgina G Goba Nyaradzo N Gumunyu Tichaona T Weiss Helen A HA Verhey Ruth R Abas Melanie M Araya Ricardo R

Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) in Zimbabwe: Outcomes and Challenges.

Journal: Global health, science and practice

Publication Year: 2018

Authors & Co-authors:  Hakim James G JG Chidzonga Midion M MM Borok Margaret Z MZ Nathoo Kusum J KJ Matenga Jonathan J Havranek Edward E Cowan Frances F Abas Melanie M Aagaard Eva E Connors Susan S

Positioning for success: building capacity in academic competencies for early-career researchers in sub-Saharan Africa.

Journal: Global mental health (Cambridge, England)

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Merritt C C Jack H H Mangezi W W Chibanda D D Abas M M

A Task-Shifting Problem-Solving Therapy Intervention for Depression and Barriers to Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence for People Living With HIV in Zimbabwe: Case Series.

Journal: Cognitive and behavioral practice

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Nyamayaro Primrose P Bere Tarisai T Magidson Jessica F JF Simms Victoria V O'Cleirigh Conall C Chibanda Dixon D Abas Melanie M

The effect of co-morbid anxiety on remission from depression for people participating in a randomised controlled trial of the Friendship Bench intervention in Zimbabwe.

Journal: EClinicalMedicine

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Abas Melanie Amna MA Weiss Helen Anne HA Simms Victoria V Verhey Ruth R Rusakaniko Simbarashe S Araya Ricardo R Chibanda Dixon D

Integrating mental health into HIV prevention and care: a call to action.

Journal: Journal of the International AIDS Society

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors:  Remien Robert H RH Patel Vikram V Chibanda Dixon D Abas Melanie Amna MA