A prospective study of trait anger and PTSD symptoms in police

SM Meffert, TJ Metzler, C Henn‐Haase… - Journal of Traumatic …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
It is unknown whether anger is a risk factor for the development of posttraumatic stress
disorder ( PTSD) symptoms, arises as a consequence of PTSD, or both. Two hypotheses were …

[PDF][PDF] The role of mental health professionals in political asylum processing

K Musalo, SM Meffert, AO Abdo - Journal of the American …, 2010 - repository.uclawsf.edu
… (Meffert SM, Ali M, Abdo AO, unpublished data, year).Similarly, when reporting incidents to
the asylum officiants in Cairo, some Darfur women did not reveal that they had been raped in …

[HTML][HTML] Prospective study of police officer spouse/partners: a new pathway to secondary trauma and relationship violence?

SM Meffert, C Henn-Haase, TJ Metzler, M Qian, S Best… - PLoS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Introduction It has been reported that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with
secondary spouse/partner (S/P) emotional distress and relationship violence. Objective To …

A pilot randomized controlled trial of interpersonal psychotherapy for Sudanese refugees in Cairo, Egypt.

SM Meffert, AO Abdo, OAA Alla… - … , Practice, and Policy, 2014 - psycnet.apa.org
Approximately one third of a population exposed to mass violence develops posttraumatic
stress disorder (PTSD) and approximately half develops depression, yet little is known about …

HIV, violence and women: unmet mental health care needs

…, P Oyaro, CR Cohen, M Abwok, SM Meffert - Journal of affective …, 2015 - Elsevier
… Supplemental training in the conduct of qualitative interviews and ethical research principles
was provided by authors SM and SD through a week long course prior to the start of the …

Darfur refugees in Cairo: Mental health and interpersonal conflict in the aftermath of genocide

SM Meffert, CR Marmar - Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Meffert, MD, MPH, is the global mental health research fellow in the department of psychiatry
at the University of California, San Francisco. She is a psychiatrist and pursues clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Interpersonal psychotherapy delivered by nonspecialists for depression and posttraumatic stress disorder among Kenyan HIV–positive women affected by …

SM Meffert, TC Neylan, CE McCulloch, K Blum… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background HIV–positive women suffer a high burden of mental disorders due in part to
gender-based violence (GBV). Comorbid depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) …

East African HIV care: depression and HIV outcomes

SM Meffert, TC Neylan, CE McCulloch… - Global Mental …, 2019 - cambridge.org
Importance.Depression is a common co-morbidity for people living with HIV (PLWH) and is
associated with elevated plasma HIV RNA levels. While depression correlates with deficits in …

[HTML][HTML] Interpersonal psychotherapy for depression and posttraumatic stress disorder among HIV-positive women in Kisumu, Kenya: study protocol for a randomized …

…, P Oyaro, G Rota, F Otewa, KL Delucchi, SM Meffert - Trials, 2016 - Springer
Background Mental disorders are the leading global cause of years lived with disability; the
majority of this burden exists in low and middle income countries (LMICs). Over half of …

[HTML][HTML] Novel implementation research designs for scaling up global mental health care: overcoming translational challenges to address the world's leading cause of …

SM Meffert, TC Neylan, DA Chambers… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Despite established knowledge that Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs) bear the
majority of the world’s burden of mental disorders, and more than a decade of efficacy research …