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Arvin Bhana

Researcher at University of KwaZulu-Natal

Publications -  143
Citations -  5815

Arvin Bhana is an academic researcher from University of KwaZulu-Natal. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Psychological intervention. The author has an hindex of 40, co-authored 133 publications receiving 4854 citations. Previous affiliations of Arvin Bhana include Medical Research Council & Human Sciences Research Council.

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Psychosocial challenges and protective influences for socio-emotional coping of HIV+ adolescents in South Africa: a qualitative investigation

TL;DR: While HIV+ adolescents in South Africa experience similar concerns to those in high-income countries, socio-emotional coping may be compromised by increased levels of loss due to the late roll-out of ARVS and challenges to caregiving contexts including poverty, stigma and minimally supported foster care arrangements.
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Accuracy of the PHQ-2 Alone and in Combination With the PHQ-9 for Screening to Detect Major Depression: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Brooke Levis, +148 more
- 09 Jun 2020 - 
TL;DR: The combination was estimated to reduce the number of participants needing to complete the full PHQ-9 by 57% (56%-58%) and to understand the clinical and research value of this combined approach to screening.
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Collaboration between traditional practitioners and primary health care staff in South Africa: developing a workable partnership for community mental health services.

TL;DR: Perceptions of service users and providers of current interactions between the two systems of care and ways in which collaboration could be improved in the provision of community mental health services are explored.
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Trends in adolescent alcohol and other drug use: findings from three sentinel sites in South Africa (1997-2001).

TL;DR: The need for AOD intervention programmes that target young people and the need for continued monitoring of adolescent AOD use in the future are pointed to.