ResearchOutreach: Group support psychotherapy as a depression treatment in Uganda
Dr Ethel Nakimuli-Mpungu at Makerere University in Uganda works toward making therapy more culturally appropriate, particularly for people living with HIV and depression. She has developed a highly cost-effective group
Depression and HIV: the search for solutions in sub-Saharan Africa
Many people with HIV worldwide suffer from some form of mental health problem. Although antiretroviral therapy has drastically reduced HIV-related death and disability, reports of the psychiatric repercussions of HIV
Why therapy should be culturally appropriate
[Trigger warning: this blog talks about suicide] Dr Ethel Nakimuli-Mpungu understands the tragedy of mental illness from a deeply personal level: her brother was 26 when he took his own