AUTHOR'S PROFILE

Weiss Helen A HA

Publications (42)

Effects of community-based rehabilitation on caregivers of people with schizophrenia in Ethiopia in the RISE trial.

Journal: BMC psychiatry

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Dijkstra Lotte G LG Weiss Helen A HA Birhane Rahel R Medhin Girmay G de Silva Mary M Hanlon Charlotte C Fekadu Abebaw A Asher Laura L

Sleep health epidemiology and associations with menstrual health, mental health, and educational performance among in-school female adolescents in Uganda: A longitudinal study.

Journal: Sleep health

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Nanyonga Beatrice B Thomas Katherine A KA Ssesanga Titus T Kaihangwe Apophia A Nelson Kate A KA Ssenyondwa Denis D Nassimbwa Noeline N Enomut Jonathan Reuben JR Tumuhimbise Aggrey A Namirembe Prossy P

Development of a non-specialist worker delivered psychological intervention to address alcohol use disorders and psychological distress among conflict-affected populations in Uganda and Ukraine.

Journal: International journal of mental health systems

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Nadkarni Abhijit A Massazza Alessandro A Tol Wietse A WA Bogdanov Sergiy S Andersen Lena S LS Moore Quincy Q Roberts Bayard B Weiss Helen A HA Singh Soumya S Neuman Melissa M

Understanding menstrual factors associated with poor mental health among female secondary school students in Uganda: a cross-sectional analysis.

Journal: Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health

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Authors & Co-authors:  Ssesanga Titus T Thomas Katherine A KA Nelson Kate Andrews KA Oenen Evaline E Kansiime Catherine C Lagony Stephen S Enomut Jonathan R JR Mayanja Yunia Y Weiss Helen A HA

Associations of hair cortisol levels with violence, poor mental health, and harmful alcohol and other substance use among female sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya.

Journal: Discover mental health

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Panneh Mamtuti M Ding Qingming Q Kabuti Rhoda R Bradley John J Ngurukiri Polly P Kungu Mary M Abramsky Tanya T Pollock James J Beksinska Alicja A

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

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

Postpartum maternal mental health is associated with cognitive development of HIV-exposed infants in Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional study.

Journal: AIDS care

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Mebrahtu Helen H Simms Victoria V Chingono Rudo R Mupambireyi Zivai Z Weiss Helen A HA Ndlovu Patience P Malaba Ricky R Cowan Frances M FM Sherr Lorraine L

Effects of parenting classes and economic strengthening for caregivers on the cognition of HIV-exposed infants: a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial in rural Zimbabwe.

Journal: BMJ global health

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Mebrahtu Helen H Simms Victoria V Mupambireyi Zivai Z Rehman Andrea M AM Chingono Rudo R Matsikire Edward E Malaba Rickie R Weiss Helen A HA Ndlovu Patience P Cowan Frances M FM

The impact of common mental disorders among caregivers living with HIV on child cognitive development in Zimbabwe.

Journal: AIDS care

Publication Year: 2020

Authors & Co-authors:  Mebrahtu Helen H Sherr Lorraine L Simms Victoria V Weiss Helen A HA Chingono Rudo R Rehman Andrea M AM Ndlovu Patience P Cowan Frances M FM

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

Designing Routine Health Checkups for Adolescents in Zimbabwe.

Journal: The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Chingono Rudo M S RMS Mackworth-Young Constance R S CRS Ross David A DA Tshuma Maureen M Chiweshe Tendai T Nyamayaro Chipo C Sekanevana Cuthbert C Doyle Aoife M AM Weiss Helen A HA Kohl Kid 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

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

A mixed-methods study measuring the effectiveness of a menstrual health intervention on menstrual health knowledge, perceptions and practices among young women in Zimbabwe.

Journal: BMJ open

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Tembo Mandikudza M Weiss Helen A HA Larsson Leyla Sophie LS Bandason Tsitsi T Redzo Nicol N Dauya Ethel E Nzanza Tafadzwa T Ishumael Pauline P Gweshe Nancy N Ndlovu Precious P

Effect of a brief psychological intervention for common mental disorders on HIV viral suppression: A non-randomised controlled study of the Friendship Bench in Zimbabwe.

Journal: PLOS global public health

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Simms Victoria V Abas Melanie A MA Müller Monika M Munetsi Epiphania E Dzapasi Lloyd L Weiss Helen A HA Chibanda Dixon D

Validation of the MINI (DSM IV) Tool for the Assessment of Alcohol Dependence among Young People in Northern Tanzania Using the Alcohol Biomarker Phosphatidylethanol (PEth).

Journal: International journal of environmental research and public health

Publication Year: 2016

Authors & Co-authors:  Francis Joel M JM Helander Anders A Kapiga Saidi H SH Weiss Helen A HA Grosskurth Heiner H

Intimate partner violence as seen in post-conflict eastern Uganda: prevalence, risk factors and mental health consequences.

Journal: BMC international health and human rights

Publication Year: 2016

Authors & Co-authors:  Kinyanda Eugene E Weiss Helen A HA Mungherera Margaret M Onyango-Mangen Patrick P Ngabirano Emmanuel E Kajungu Rehema R Kagugube Johnson J Muhwezi Wilson W Muron Julius J Patel Vikram V

Menstrual health interventions, schooling, and mental health problems among Ugandan students (MENISCUS): study protocol for a school-based cluster-randomised trial.

Journal: Trials

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Kansiime Catherine C Hytti Laura L Nelson Kate Andrews KA Torondel Belen B Francis Suzanna C SC Tanton Clare C Greco Giulia G Belfield Sophie S Nakalema Shamirah S Matovu Fred F

Prevalence and correlates of probable common mental disorders in a population with high prevalence of HIV in Zimbabwe.

Journal: BMC psychiatry

Publication Year: 2016

Authors & Co-authors:  Chibanda Dixon D Cowan Frances F Gibson Lorna L Weiss Helen A HA Lund Crick C

Incidence and Persistence of Major Depressive Disorder Among People Living with HIV in Uganda.

Journal: AIDS and behavior

Publication Year: 2018

Authors & Co-authors:  Kinyanda Eugene E Weiss Helen A HA Levin Jonathan J Nakasujja Noeline N Birabwa Harriet H Nakku Juliet J Mpango Richard R Grosskurth Heiner H Seedat Soraya S Araya Ricardo R

Delivering the Thinking Healthy Programme for perinatal depression through volunteer peers: a cluster randomised controlled trial in Pakistan.

Journal: The lancet. Psychiatry

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Sikander Siham S Ahmad Ikhlaq I Atif Najia N Zaidi Ahmed A Vanobberghen Fiona F Weiss Helen A HA Nisar Anum A Tabana Hanani H Ain Qurat Ul QU Bibi Amina A

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of integrating the management of depression into routine HIV Care in Uganda (the HIV + D trial): A protocol for a cluster-randomised trial.

Journal: International journal of mental health systems

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Kinyanda Eugene E Kyohangirwe Leticia L Mpango Richard S RS Tusiime Christine C Ssebunnya Joshua J Katumba Kenneth K Tenywa Patrick P Mugisha James J Taasi Geoffrey G Sentongo Hafsa H

Symptoms of post-traumatic stress and associations with sexual behaviour and PrEP preferences among young people in South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

Journal: BMC infectious diseases

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Webb Emily L EL Dietrich Janan J JJ Ssemata Andrew S AS Nematadzira Teacler G TG Hornschuh Stefanie S Kakande Ayoub A Tshabalala Gugulethu G Muhumuza Richard R Mutonyi Gertrude G Atujuna Millicent M

Epidemiology of alcohol use and alcohol use disorders among people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in Northwest Tanzania: implications for ART adherence and case management.

Journal: AIDS care

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Ayieko Philip P Kisanga Edmund E Mshana Gerry G Nkosi Sebenzile S Hansen Christian Holm CH Parry Charles D H CDH Weiss Helen A HA Grosskurth Heiner H Hayes Richard J RJ Morojele Neo K NK

Searching for psychosis: INTREPID (1): systems for detecting untreated and first-episode cases of psychosis in diverse settings.

Journal: Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

Publication Year: 2015

Authors & Co-authors:  Morgan Craig C Hibben Maia M Esan Oluyomi O John Sujit S Patel Vikram V Weiss Helen A HA Murray Robin M RM Hutchinson Gerard G Gureje Oye O Thara Rangaswamy R

Life events and psychosis: case-control study from India, Nigeria, and Trinidad and Tobago.

Journal: BJPsych open

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Oloniniyi Ibidunni O IO Weiss Helen A HA John Sujit S Esan Oluyomi O Hibben Maia M Patel Vikram V Murray Robin M RM Cohen Alex A Hutchinson Gerard G Gureje Oye O

Epidemiology of Untreated Psychoses in 3 Diverse Settings in the Global South: The International Research Program on Psychotic Disorders in Diverse Settings (INTREPID II).

Journal: JAMA psychiatry

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Morgan Craig C Cohen Alex A Esponda Georgina Miguel GM Roberts Tessa T John Sujit S Pow Joni Lee JL Donald Casswina C Olley Bola B Ayinde Olatunde O Lam Joseph J

Urbanicity and rates of untreated psychotic disorders in three diverse settings in the Global South.

Journal: Psychological medicine

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Roberts Tessa T Susser Ezra E Lee Pow Joni J Donald Casswina C John Sujit S Raghavan Vijaya V Ayinde Olatunde O Olley Bola B Miguel Esponda Georgina G Lam Joseph J

Cannabis use and psychotic disorders in diverse settings in the Global South: findings from INTREPID II.

Journal: Psychological medicine

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Lee Pow Joni J Donald Casswina C di Forti Marta M Roberts Tessa T Weiss Helen A HA Ayinde Olatunde O John Sujit S Olley Bola B Ojagbemi Akin A Esponda Georgina Miguel GM

Delivering the Thinking Healthy Programme for perinatal depression through peers: an individually randomised controlled trial in India.

Journal: The lancet. Psychiatry

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Fuhr Daniela C DC Weobong Benedict B Lazarus Anisha A Vanobberghen Fiona F Weiss Helen A HA Singla Daisy Radha DR Tabana Hanani H Afonso Ejma E De Sa Aveena A D'Souza Ethel E

Predictors of spontaneous remission and recovery among women with untreated perinatal depression in India and Pakistan.

Journal: Global mental health (Cambridge, England)

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Fuhr Daniela C DC Sikander Siham S Vanobberghen Fiona F Weobong Benedict B Rahman Atif A Weiss Helen A HA

Community-based Rehabilitation Intervention for people with Schizophrenia in Ethiopia (RISE): study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial.

Journal: Trials

Publication Year: 2017

Authors & Co-authors:  Asher Laura L De Silva Mary M Hanlon Charlotte C Weiss Helen A HA Birhane Rahel R Ejigu Dawit A DA Medhin Girmay G Patel Vikram V Fekadu Abebaw A

Community-based rehabilitation intervention for people with schizophrenia in Ethiopia (RISE): a 12 month mixed methods pilot study.

Journal: BMC psychiatry

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Asher Laura L Hanlon Charlotte C Birhane Rahel R Habtamu Alehegn A Eaton Julian J Weiss Helen A HA Patel Vikram V Fekadu Abebaw A De Silva Mary M

Community-based rehabilitation intervention for people with schizophrenia in Ethiopia (RISE): results of a 12-month cluster-randomised controlled trial.

Journal: The Lancet. Global health

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Asher Laura L Birhane Rahel R Weiss Helen A HA Medhin Girmay G Selamu Medhin M Patel Vikram V De Silva Mary M Hanlon Charlotte C Fekadu Abebaw A

Community-based rehabilitation intervention for people with schizophrenia in Ethiopia (RISE) cluster-randomised controlled trial: An exploratory analysis of impact on food insecurity, underweight, alcohol use disorder and depressive symptoms.

Journal: Global mental health (Cambridge, England)

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Asher Laura L Birhane Rahel R Weiss Helen A HA Medhin Girmay G Selamu Medhin M Patel Vikram V De Silva Mary M Hanlon Charlotte C Fekadu Abebaw A

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a transdiagnostic intervention for alcohol misuse and psychological distress in humanitarian settings: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial in Uganda.

Journal: Trials

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  van der Boor Catharina F CF Taban Dalili D Tol Wietse A WA Akellot Josephine J Neuman Melissa M Weiss Helen A HA Greco Giulia G Vassall Anna A May Carl C Nadkarni Abhijit A