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Syed Usman Hamdani
Researcher at University of Liverpool
Publications - 44
Citations - 1206
Syed Usman Hamdani is an academic researcher from University of Liverpool. The author has contributed to research in topics: Psychological intervention & Mental health. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 38 publications receiving 803 citations. Previous affiliations of Syed Usman Hamdani include Centre for Mental Health & Rawalpindi Medical College.
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Effect of a Multicomponent Behavioral Intervention in Adults Impaired by Psychological Distress in a Conflict-Affected Area of Pakistan: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Atif Rahman,Syed Usman Hamdani,Naila Riaz Awan,Richard A. Bryant,Katie S. Dawson,Muhammad Firaz Khan,Mian Mukhtar-ul-Haq Azeemi,Parveen Akhtar,Huma Nazir,Anna Chiumento,Marit Sijbrandij,Duolao Wang,Saeed Farooq,Mark van Ommeren +13 more
TL;DR: Among adults impaired by psychological distress in a conflict-affected area, lay health worker administration of a brief multicomponent intervention based on established behavioral strategies, compared with enhanced usual care, resulted in clinically significant reductions in anxiety and depressive symptoms at 3 months.
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Effectiveness of the parent-mediated intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder in south Asia in India and Pakistan (PASS): a randomised controlled trial
Atif Rahman,Gauri Divan,Syed Usman Hamdani,Vivek Vajaratkar,Carol Taylor,Kathy Leadbitter,Catherine Aldred,Ayesha Minhas,Percy Cardozo,Richard Emsley,Vikram Patel,Jonathan Green +11 more
TL;DR: The results show the feasibility of adapting and task-shifting an intervention used in a high-income context to LMICs and replicate the positive primary outcome treatment effects of a parent-mediated communication-focused intervention in the original UK Preschool Autism Communication Trial.
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Effectiveness of a brief group psychological intervention for women in a post-conflict setting in Pakistan: a single-blind, cluster, randomised controlled trial
Atif Rahman,Muhammad Naseem Khan,Syed Usman Hamdani,Anna Chiumento,Parveen Akhtar,Huma Nazir,Anum Nisar,Aqsa Masood,Iftikhar Ud Din,Nasir Ali Khan,Richard A. Bryant,Katie S. Dawson,Marit Sijbrandij,Duolao Wang,Mark van Ommeren +14 more
TL;DR: A brief group psychological intervention for women in a conflict-affected setting in rural Swat, Pakistan resulted in clinically significant reductions in anxiety and depressive symptoms at 3 months, and might be a feasible and effective option for women with psychological distress in rural post-conflict settings.
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Parents' perspectives on care of children with autistic spectrum disorder in South Asia - Views from Pakistan and India.
Ayesha Minhas,Vivek Vajaratkar,Gauri Divan,Syed Usman Hamdani,Kathy Leadbitter,Carol Taylor,Catherine Aldred,Ahmareen Tariq,Mahjabeen Tariq,Percy Cardoza,Jonathan Green,Vikram Patel,Atif Rahman +12 more
TL;DR: The results show that the burden of care is almost entirely on the mother, leading to high levels of stress, and strategies for intervention should include building community and family support networks to provide respite to the main carer.
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Adapting an evidence-based intervention for autism spectrum disorder for scaling up in resource-constrained settings: the development of the PASS intervention in South Asia
Gauri Divan,Syed Usman Hamdani,Vivek Vajartkar,Ayesha Minhas,Carol Taylor,Catherine Aldred,Kathy Leadbitter,Atif Rahman,Jonathan Green,Vikram Patel +9 more
TL;DR: The resulting intervention, the Parent-mediated intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorder in South Asia (PASS), shares the core theoretical foundations of the original PACT but is adapted in several respects to enhance its acceptability, feasibility, and scalability in low-resource settings.