AUTHOR'S PROFILE

Verhey Ruth R

Publications (38)

An Adapted Friendship Bench Counseling Intervention (FB) to Improve Mental Health and HIV Care Engagement Outcomes Among People Living with HIV (PWH) Who Inject Drugs in Hanoi, Vietnam: Results from the VITAL Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

Journal: AIDS and behavior

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Gaynes Bradley N BN Tran Ha V HV Nong Ha T T HTT Filipowicz Teresa R TR Landrum Kelsey R KR Tran Thuy T T TTT Nguyen Vu Q VQ Verhey Ruth R Nguyen Ha Nhat HN Giang Le Minh LM

"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

Core outcome sets for trials of interventions to prevent and to treat multimorbidity in adults in low and middle-income countries: the COSMOS study.

Journal: BMJ global health

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Vidyasagaran Aishwarya Lakshmi AL Ayesha Rubab R Boehnke Jan R JR Kirkham Jamie J Rose Louise L Hurst John R JR Miranda Juan Jaime JJ Rana Rusham Zahra RZ Vedanthan Rajesh R Faisal Mehreen Riaz MR

Mutual capacity building model for adaptation (MCB-MA): a seven-step procedure bidirectional learning and support during intervention adaptation.

Journal: Global health research and policy

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Jack Helen E HE Giusto Ali A Rose Alexandra L AL Mwamuka Rukudzo R Brown Imani I Bere Tarisai T Verhey Ruth R Wainberg Milton M Myers Bronwyn B Kohrt Brandon B

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Seeing a Brighter Future" - Experiences of Adolescents with Common Mental Disorders Receiving the Problem-Solving Therapy "Youth Friendship Bench" in Zimbabwe.

Journal: Issues in mental health nursing

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors:  Broström Sander S Johansson Björn Axel BA Verhey Ruth R Landgren Kajsa K

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

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

Peer-led counselling with problem discussion therapy for adolescents living with HIV in Zimbabwe: A cluster-randomised trial.

Journal: PLoS medicine

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Simms Victoria V Weiss Helen A HA Chinoda Silindweyinkosi S Mutsinze Abigail A Bernays Sarah S Verhey Ruth R Wogrin Carol C Apollo Tsitsi T Mugurungi Owen O Sithole Dorcas D

Adaptation of a Problem-solving Program (Friendship Bench) to Treat Common Mental Disorders Among People Living With HIV and AIDS and on Methadone Maintenance Treatment in Vietnam: Formative Study.

Journal: JMIR formative research

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Tran Ha V HV Nong Ha T T HTT Tran Thuy T T TTT Filipowicz Teresa R TR Landrum Kelsey R KR Pence Brian W BW Le Giang M GM Nguyen Minh X MX Chibanda Dixon D Verhey Ruth R

A Digital Mental Health Intervention (Inuka) for Common Mental Health Disorders in Zimbabwean Adults in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Feasibility and Acceptability Pilot Study.

Journal: JMIR mental health

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Dambi Jermaine J Norman Clara C Doukani Asmae A Potgieter Stephan S Turner Jean J Musesengwa Rosemary R Verhey Ruth R Chibanda Dixon D

Using the RE-AIM framework to evaluate the implementation of scaling-up the Friendship Bench in Zimbabwe - a quantitative observational study.

Journal: BMC health services research

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Verhey Ruth R Chitiyo Charmaine C Mboweni Sandra S Turner Jean J Murombo Gift G Healey Andy A Chibanda Dixon D Wagenaar Bradley H BH Araya Ricardo R

Stigma experienced by people living with HIV who are on methadone maintenance treatment and have symptoms of common mental disorders in Hanoi, Vietnam: a qualitative study.

Journal: AIDS research and therapy

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Tran Ha V HV Filipowicz Teresa R TR Landrum Kelsey R KR Nong Ha T T HTT Tran Thuy T T TTT Pence Brian W BW Go Vivian F VF Le Giang M GM Nguyen Minh X MX Verhey Ruth R

Prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder and validity of the Impact of Events Scale - Revised in primary care in Zimbabwe, a non-war-affected African country.

Journal: BJPsych open

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Abas Melanie A MA Müller Monika M Gibson Lorna J LJ Derveeuw Sarah S Dissanayake Nirosha N Smith Patrick P Verhey Ruth R Danese Andrea A Chibanda Dixon D

An Intervention to Improve Mental Health and HIV Care Engagement Among Perinatal Women in Malawi: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

Journal: AIDS and behavior

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Bengtson Angela M AM Filipowicz Teresa R TR Mphonda Steven S Udedi Michael M Kulisewa Kazione K Meltzer-Brody Samantha S Gaynes Bradley N BN Go Vivian F VF Chibanda Dixon D Verhey Ruth R

The impact of working alliance in managing youth anxiety and depression: a scoping review.

Journal: Npj mental health research

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Dambi Jermaine M JM Mavhu Webster W Beji-Chauke Rhulani R Kaiyo-Utete Malinda M Mills Rhiana R Shumba Ruvimbo R Muchemwa Sidney S Musesengwa Rosemary R Verhey Ruth R Abas Melanie M

Using a theory driven approach to develop and evaluate a complex mental health intervention: the friendship bench project in Zimbabwe.

Journal: International journal of mental health systems

Publication Year: 2016

Authors & Co-authors:  Chibanda Dixon D Verhey Ruth R Munetsi Epiphany E Cowan Frances M FM Lund Crick C

'Opening up the mind': problem-solving therapy delivered by female lay health workers to improve access to evidence-based care for depression and other common mental disorders through the Friendship Bench Project in Zimbabwe.

Journal: International journal of mental health systems

Publication Year: 2016

Authors & Co-authors:  Abas Melanie M Bowers Tarryn T Manda Ethel E Cooper Sara S Machando Debra D Verhey Ruth R Lamech Neha N Araya Ricardo R Chibanda Dixon D

Lay Health Workers' Experience of Delivering a Problem Solving Therapy Intervention for Common Mental Disorders Among People Living with HIV: A Qualitative Study from Zimbabwe.

Journal: Community mental health journal

Publication Year: 2017

Authors & Co-authors:  Chibanda Dixon D Cowan Frances F Verhey Ruth R Machando Debra D Abas Melanie M Lund Crick C

Validation of the posttraumatic stress disorder checklist - 5 (PCL-5) in a primary care population with high HIV prevalence in Zimbabwe.

Journal: BMC psychiatry

Publication Year: 2019

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

Barriers and drivers to capacity-building in global mental health projects.

Journal: International journal of mental health systems

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Endale Tarik T Qureshi Onaiza O Ryan Grace Kathryn GK Esponda Georgina Miguel GM Verhey Ruth R Eaton Julian J De Silva Mary M Murphy Jill J

Symptoms of common mental disorders and adherence to antiretroviral therapy among adults living with HIV in rural Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional study.

Journal: BMJ open

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors:  Haas Andreas D AD Kunzekwenyika Cordelia C Hossmann Stefanie S Manzero Josphat J van Dijk Janneke J Manhibi Ronald R Verhey Ruth R Limacher Andreas A von Groote Per M PM Manda Ethel E

Optimising implementation strategies of the first scaleup of a primary care psychological intervention for common mental disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa: a mixed methods study protocol for the optimised Friendship Bench (OptFB).

Journal: BMJ open

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors:  Verhey Ruth R Chitiyo Charmaine C Mboweni Sandra Ngonidzashe SN Chiriseri Ephraim E Chibanda Dixon D Healey Andy A Wagenaar Bradley B Araya Ricardo R

Effect of the Friendship Bench intervention on antiretroviral therapy outcomes and mental health symptoms in rural Zimbabwe: A cluster randomized trial.

Journal: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Haas Andreas D AD Kunzekwenyika Cordelia C Manzero Josphat J Hossmann Stefanie S Limacher Andreas A van Dijk Janneke H JH Manhibi Ronald R von Groote Per P Hobbins Michael A MA Verhey Ruth R

Effect of the Friendship Bench Intervention on Antiretroviral Therapy Outcomes and Mental Health Symptoms in Rural Zimbabwe: A Cluster Randomized Trial.

Journal: JAMA network open

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Haas Andreas D AD Kunzekwenyika Cordelia C Manzero Josphat J Hossmann Stefanie S Limacher Andreas A van Dijk Janneke H JH Manhibi Ronald R von Groote Per P Hobbins Michael A MA Verhey Ruth R

A guide to systems-level, participatory, theory-informed implementation research in global health.

Journal: BMJ global health

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Seward Nadine N Hanlon Charlotte C Hinrichs-Kraples Saba S Lund Crick C Murdoch Jamie J Taylor Salisbury Tatiana T Verhey Ruth R Shidhaye Rahul R Thornicroft Graham G Araya Ricardo R

Global health reciprocal innovation to address mental health and well-being: strategies used and lessons learnt.

Journal: BMJ global health

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Turan Janet M JM Vinikoor Michael J MJ Su Austin Y AY Rangel-Gomez Mauricio M Sweetland Annika A Verhey Ruth R Chibanda Dixon D Paulino-Ramírez Robert R Best Chynere C Masquillier Caroline C