AUTHOR'S PROFILE

Chibanda Dixon D

Publications (75)

Evaluation of the utility of group-based physical activity among university students: a systematic review protocol.

Journal: BMJ open

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Hove Anotida R AR Makuzo Lynne L Shanu Ruramayi R Chaka Paidamoyo Monalisa PM Munyoro Isaac I Sithole Panashe P Mugova Israella Hellen IH Murape Mellisa M Muchinani Hardlife H Doyce Shalom Rutendo SR

Living with psychosis in West and Southeast Africa: SUCCEED Africa's four-country situation analysis.

Journal: Global mental health (Cambridge, England)

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Omobowale Olubukola O Greenley Rachel R Ryan Grace G Ogunmola Olusegun O Dzapasi Lloyd L Jimmy Abraham A Sefasi Anthony A Olusanmi Mayowa M Esliker Rebecca R Koroma Alhaji A

"We Need Gentleness": Isolation, Loneliness, and Implications for Psychosocial Counseling Among People with HIV who are on Methadone Maintenance Treatment and Experience Common Mental Disorders in Vietnam.

Journal: AIDS and behavior

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Filipowicz Teresa R TR Tran Ha Viet HV Nong Ha Thi Thuy HTT Tran Thuy Thi Thu TTT Landrum Kelsey R KR Nguyen Minh X MX Verhey Ruth R Chibanda Dixon D Go Vivian Fei-Ling VF Pence Brian Wells BW

Predictors of physical activity among pregnant women in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Journal: PLOS global public health

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Hove Anotida R AR Sithambuli Eleanor N EN Ncube Wethembekile P WP Doyce Shalom R SR Mukwekwe Sandra N SN Mapuranga Tariro T Tirivanhu Kudakwashe K Chibanda Dixon D Dambi Jermaine M JM

Data-Driven Cutoff Selection for the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Depression Screening Tool.

Journal: JAMA network open

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Levis Brooke B Bhandari Parash Mani PM Neupane Dipika D Fan Suiqiong S Sun Ying Y He Chen C Wu Yin Y Krishnan Ankur A Negeri Zelalem Z Imran Mahrukh M

Perceived benefits and barriers to exercise and associated factors among Zimbabwean undergraduate students: a cross-sectional study.

Journal: Frontiers in sports and active living

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Shava Beatrice K BK Vhudzijena Blessed B Kupenga-Maposa Tariro T Musingwini Thelma T Samudzi Tanaka T Muchemwa Sidney S Chibanda Dixon D Dambi Jermaine M JM

Evaluation of the Friendship Bench' Circle Kubatana Tose (CKT): an add-on support group intervention - a mixed-methods pilot interventional cohort study protocol.

Journal: BMJ open

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Dambi Jermaine J Shava Beatrice K BK Tunduwani Tariro Dee TD Chitiyo Charmaine C Takaona Tapiwa T Mashunye Thandiwe T Dzapasi Lloyd L Chibanda Dixon D

Integrating a mental health intervention into PrEP services for South African young women: a human-centred implementation research approach to intervention development.

Journal: Journal of the International AIDS Society

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Velloza Jennifer J Ndimande-Khoza Nomhle N Mills Lisa L Concepcion Tessa T Gumede Sanele S Chauke Hlukelo H Verhey Ruth R Chibanda Dixon D Hosek Sybil S Weiner Bryan J BJ

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

Screening for psychological morbidity in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected pregnant women using community counselors in Zimbabwe.

Journal: Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (Chicago, Ill. : 2002)

Publication Year: 2006

Authors & Co-authors:  Stranix-Chibanda Lynda L Chibanda Dixon D Chingono Albert A Montgomery Elizabeth E Wells Jennifer J Maldonado Yvonne Y Chipato Tsungai T Shetty Avinash K AK

Validation of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale among women in a high HIV prevalence area in urban Zimbabwe.

Journal: Archives of women's mental health

Publication Year: 2010

Authors & Co-authors:  Chibanda Dixon D Mangezi Walter W Tshimanga Mustaf M Woelk Godfrey G Rusakaniko Peter P Stranix-Chibanda Lynda L Midzi Stanley S Maldonado Yvonne Y Shetty Avinash K AK

Postnatal depression by HIV status among women in Zimbabwe.

Journal: Journal of women's health (2002)

Publication Year: 2011

Authors & Co-authors:  Chibanda Dixon D Mangezi Walter W Tshimanga Mufuta M Woelk Godfrey G Rusakaniko Simbarashe S Stranix-Chibanda Lynda L Midzi Stanley S Shetty Avinash K AK

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

Group problem-solving therapy for postnatal depression among HIV-positive and HIV-negative mothers in Zimbabwe.

Journal: Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care

Publication Year: 2015

Authors & Co-authors:  Chibanda Dixon D Shetty Avinash K AK Tshimanga Mufuta M Woelk Godfrey G Stranix-Chibanda Lynda L Rusakaniko Simbarashe S

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

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

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

Depression and HIV: integrated care towards 90-90-90.

Journal: International health

Publication Year: 2017

Authors & Co-authors:  Chibanda Dixon D

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

The future of psychiatry in Africa-thinking outside the box.

Journal: The lancet. Psychiatry

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Chibanda Dixon D

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

Mental health of incarcerated people: a global call to action.

Journal: The lancet. Psychiatry

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Jack Helen E HE Fricchione Gregory G Chibanda Dixon D Thornicroft Graham G Machando Debra D Kidia Khameer K

Programmes that bring mental health services to primary care populations in the international setting.

Journal: International review of psychiatry (Abingdon, England)

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Chibanda Dixon D

Perceptions of HIV-related trauma in people living with HIV in Zimbabwe's Friendship Bench Program: A qualitative analysis of counselors' and clients' experiences.

Journal: Transcultural psychiatry

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors:  Verhey Ruth R Chibanda Dixon D Vera Aquila A Manda Ethel E Brakarsh Jonathan J Seedat Soraya S

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 impact of an integrated depression and HIV treatment program on mental health and HIV care outcomes among people newly initiating antiretroviral therapy in Malawi.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2020

Authors & Co-authors:  Stockton Melissa A MA Udedi Michael M Kulisewa Kazione K Hosseinipour Mina C MC Gaynes Bradley N BN Mphonda Steven M SM Maselko Joanna J Pettifor Audrey E AE Verhey Ruth R Chibanda Dixon D

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

Effectiveness of a peer-led adolescent mental health intervention on HIV virological suppression and mental health in Zimbabwe: protocol of a cluster-randomised trial.

Journal: Global mental health (Cambridge, England)

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Chinoda Silindweyinkosi S Mutsinze Abigail A Simms Victoria V Beji-Chauke Rhulani R Verhey Ruth R Robinson Joanna J Barker Taryn T Mugurungi Owen O Apollo Tsitsi T Munetsi Epiphany E

It helps to talk: A guiding framework (TRUST) for peer support in delivering mental health care for adolescents living with HIV.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors:  Wogrin Carol C Willis Nicola N Mutsinze Abigail A Chinoda Silindweyinkosi S Verhey Ruth R Chibanda Dixon D Bernays Sarah S

Impact of Friendship Bench problem-solving therapy on adherence to ART in young people living with HIV in Zimbabwe: A qualitative study.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors:  Ouansafi Ilhame I Chibanda Dixon D Munetsi Epiphania E Simms Victoria V

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

Risk factors for HIV virological non-suppression among adolescents with common mental disorder symptoms in Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional study.

Journal: Journal of the International AIDS Society

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors:  Simms Victoria V Bernays Sarah S Chibanda Dixon D Chinoda Silindweyinkosi S Mutsinze Abigail A Beji-Chauke Rhulani R Mugurungi Owen O Apollo Tsitsi T Sithole Dorcas D Verhey Ruth R

Potential Resilience to Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Common Mental Disorders among Lay Health Workers Working on the Friendship Bench Programme in Zimbabwe.

Journal: Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors:  Verhey Ruth R Brakarsh Jonathan J Gibson Lorna L Shea Susan S Chibanda Dixon D Seedat Soraya S

Using a theory of change to develop an integrated intervention for depression, diabetes and hypertension in Zimbabwe: lessons from the Friendship Bench project.

Journal: BMC health services research

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors:  Kamvura Tiny Tinashe TT Turner Jean J Chiriseri Ephraim E Dambi Jermaine J Verhey Ruth R Chibanda Dixon D

The Friendship Bench as a brief psychological intervention with peer support in rural Zimbabwean women: a mixed methods pilot evaluation.

Journal: Global mental health (Cambridge, England)

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Fernando Shamiso S Brown Tim T Datta Kavita K Chidhanguro Dzivaidzo D Tavengwa Naume V NV Chandna Jaya J Munetsi Epiphania E Dzapasi Lloyd L Nyachowe Chandiwana C Mutasa Batsirai B

Economic threshold analysis of delivering a task-sharing treatment for common mental disorders at scale: the Friendship Bench, Zimbabwe.

Journal: Evidence-based mental health

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Healey Andrew A Verhey Ruth R Mosweu Iris I Boadu Janet J Chibanda Dixon D Chitiyo Charmaine C Wagenaar Brad B Senra Hugo H Chiriseri Ephraim E Mboweni Sandra S