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Arvin Bhana is affiliated with the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology, Health Professions, and Medicine, with a particular focus on General Health Professions and Clinical Psychology within these disciplines.

The scientist's work concentrates on multiple topics related to mental health and public health, including:

  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Community Health and Development
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Family Caregiving in Mental Illness

Arvin Bhana has authored and co-authored several papers in prominent academic journals. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Mental health interventions for adolescents living with HIV or affected by HIV in low- and middle-income countries: systematic review" (2020) in BJPsych Open
  • "Interventions to address the mental health of adolescents and young adults living with or affected by HIV: state of the evidence" (2021) in Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • "Patient Health Questionnaire-9 scores do not accurately estimate depression prevalence: individual participant data meta-analysis" (2020) in Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
  • "Social acceptance of alcohol use in Uganda" (2020) in BMC Psychiatry
  • "Association of Task-Shared Psychological Interventions With Depression Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries" (2022) in JAMA Psychiatry

The scientist frequently publishes in journals such as:

  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • International Journal of Mental Health Systems
  • SSM - Mental Health
  • BMC Infectious Diseases

Collaborations with other researchers have been a consistent feature of Arvin Bhana's career. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Inge Petersen
  • Crick Lund
  • Lara Fairall
  • Tasneem Kathree
  • Ntokozo Mntambo

Arvin Bhana's research contributes to the understanding and development of mental health interventions, particularly for adolescents and young adults affected by HIV in low- and middle-income countries. Their work intersects clinical psychology, social psychology, and public health within diverse community and health system contexts.

Best Publications

  • PRIME: A Programme to Reduce the Treatment Gap for Mental Disorders in Five Low- and Middle-Income Countries

    Crick Lund;Mark Tomlinson;Mark Tomlinson;Mary De Silva;Abebaw Fekadu

  • Associations among adolescent risk behaviours and self-esteem in six domains.

    Lauren G. Wild;A. J. Flisher;Arvinkumar Bhana;Carl Lombard

  • 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;Brooke Levis;Ying Sun;Chen He;Yin Wu;Yin Wu

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

    I Petersen;A Bhana;N Myeza;S Alicea

  • Teenage Tata: Voices of Young Fathers in South Africa

    Sharlene Swartz;Arvin Bhana

  • The VUKA family program: Piloting a family-based psychosocial intervention to promote health and mental health among HIV infected early adolescents in South Africa

    Arvin Bhana;Claude Ann Mellins;Inge Petersen;Stacey Alicea

  • Sexual violence and youth in South Africa: the need for community-based prevention interventions.

    I. Petersen;Arvinkumar Bhana;Mary McKay

  • Adolescent Coping and Neighborhood Violence: Perceptions, Exposure, and Urban Youths' Efforts to Deal with Danger

    Andrew Rasmussen;Mark S. Aber;Arvinkumar Bhana

  • Collaboration between traditional practitioners and primary health care staff in South Africa: developing a workable partnership for community mental health services.

    Vicky Campbell-Hall;Inge Petersen;Arvin Bhana;Sithembile Mjadu

  • Trends in adolescent alcohol and other drug use: findings from three sentinel sites in South Africa (1997-2001).

    Charles D.H Parry;Bronwyn Myers;Neo K Morojele;Alan J Flisher

  • Associations among adolescent risk behaviours and self-esteem in six domains: Self-esteem and adolescent risk behaviours

    Lauren G. Wild;Alan J. Flisher;Arvin Bhana;Carl Lombard

  • The validity of the Patient Health Questionnaire for screening depression in chronic care patients in primary health care in South Africa

    Arvin Bhana;Sujit D Rathod;One Selohilwe;Tasneem Kathree

  • Mental Health Policy Development and Implementation in Four African Countries

    Alan J . Flisher;Crick Lund;Michelle Funk;Mwanza Banda

  • Integrating mental health into chronic care in South Africa: the development of a district mental healthcare plan.

    Inge Petersen;Lara Fairall;Arvin Bhana;Tasneem Kathree

  • Patient Health Questionnaire-9 scores do not accurately estimate depression prevalence: individual participant data meta-analysis

    Brooke Levis;Andrea Benedetti;John P.A. Ioannidis;Ying Sun

  • Building protective factors to offset sexually risky behaviors among black youths: a randomized control trial.

    Carl C. Bell;Arvin Bhana;Inge Petersen;Mary M. McKay

  • A group-based counselling intervention for depression comorbid with HIV/AIDS using a task shifting approach in South Africa: a randomized controlled pilot study.

    I. Petersen;J. Hanass Hancock;A. Bhana;K. Govender

  • A task shifting approach to primary mental health care for adults in South Africa: human resource requirements and costs for rural settings

    Inge Petersen;Crick Lund;Arvin Bhana;Alan J Flisher

  • Lessons from case studies of integrating mental health into primary health care in South Africa and Uganda

    Inge Petersen;Joshua Ssebunnya;Arvin Bhana;Kim Baillie

  • The Feasibility of Adapted Group-Based Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) for the Treatment of Depression by Community Health Workers Within the Context of Task Shifting in South Africa

    I. Petersen;A. Bhana;A. Bhana;K. Baillie

  • The Determinants of Family Resilience among Families in Low- and Middle-Income Contexts: A Systematic Literature Review:

    Arvin Bhana;Shaneel Bachoo

  • South African Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (SACENDU)

    Charles Parry;Andreas Plüddemann;Arvin Bhana;Nadine Harker

Frequent Co-Authors

Inge Petersen
Inge Petersen University of KwaZulu-Natal
Crick Lund
Crick Lund University of Cape Town
Charles D. H. Parry
Charles D. H. Parry South African Medical Research Council
Mary M. McKay
Mary M. McKay Washington University in St. Louis
Abebaw Fekadu
Abebaw Fekadu Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Charlotte Hanlon
Charlotte Hanlon King's College London
Claude A. Mellins
Claude A. Mellins Columbia University
Leslie Swartz
Leslie Swartz Stellenbosch University
Bronwyn Myers
Bronwyn Myers South African Medical Research Council
Mark Tomlinson
Mark Tomlinson Queen's University Belfast

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