Providers' Experiences in Implementation of Friendship Bench: A Problem-Solving Therapy-Based Mental Health Intervention Adapted for People on Methadone Maintenance Treatment Who Live with HIV in Vietnam.
People who inject drugs (PWID) living with HIV in Vietnam experience a high prevalence of common mental disorders (CMDs), which negatively impact their health, treatment adherence and overall quality of life. To address the mental health care needs of this vulnerable population, we adapted and pilot...
| Publicado en: | AIDS & Behavior Vol. 30; no. 8; pp. 2295 - 2304 |
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Springer Nature
Aug2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=196299767&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 196299767 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10907165 G1T jtl: AIDS & Behavior issn: 10907165 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Aug2026 vid: 30 iid: 8 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 196299767 191374001 196299767 196299767 10.1007/s10461-026-05054-0 196299767 ppf: 2295 ppct: 9 formats: tig: atl: Providers' Experiences in Implementation of Friendship Bench: A Problem-Solving Therapy-Based Mental Health Intervention Adapted for People on Methadone Maintenance Treatment Who Live with HIV in Vietnam. aug: au: Nong, Ha T. T. Nguyen, Ha Nhat Tran, Ha V. Cao, Anh Thi Van Tran, Thuy Thi Thu Filipowicz, Teresa R. Landrum, Kelsey R. Giang, Le Minh Verhey, Ruth Pence, Brian Wells Gaynes, Bradley N. affil: The University of North Carolina-Vietnam Office, Hanoi, Vietnam sug: subj: Attitude of Health Personnel Evaluation Problem Solving Program Implementation Psychotherapy, Group HIV-Positive Persons Substance Use Disorders Drug Therapy Methadone Therapeutic Use Human Mental Disorders Epidemiology Ambulatory Care Facilities Vietnam Interviews Physicians Counselors Supervisors and Supervision Data Analysis Software Thematic Analysis Job Satisfaction Mental Health Counseling Optimism ab: People who inject drugs (PWID) living with HIV in Vietnam experience a high prevalence of common mental disorders (CMDs), which negatively impact their health, treatment adherence and overall quality of life. To address the mental health care needs of this vulnerable population, we adapted and piloted Friendship Bench, a problem-solving therapy-based mental health intervention, for people on methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) who live with HIV and have CMDs in 6 MMT clinics in Hanoi, Vietnam, in 2021–2023. This paper aims to explore the experience of implementing aFB and the possibility of aFB expansion from the perspectives of the intervention providers who were directly involved in the delivery of the aFB program. We conducted formal in-person interviews with aFB providers including doctors (n = 6), counselors (n = 10) and supervisors (n = 2)following aFB intervention completion. Collected data was coded using NVivo 12.0 and thematic analysis was applied. All respondents were satisfied with and praised the aFB. Most providers reported that the aFB was beneficial to both overall and mental health of the MMT patients with HIV. All counselors shared that problem-solving therapy in the aFB was new for them; nevertheless, their counseling skills improved significantly after delivering the aFB sessions. All respondents were optimistic about the expansion of the aFB in other clinics. Application of aFB as a mental health intervention for care and treatment for MMT and ART patients could be a promising approach for Vietnam to address mental health care needs for this vulnerable population. Clinical Trial Number: NCT04790201 registered 3/10/2021. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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