Publications

“I was told to live happily… without telling me how”: Lived experiences of married adolescents, their spouses and families with a life skills intervention in rural Pakistan — a qualitative study

Atif, N., Hamdani, S.U., Huma, Z., Kanwal, M., Kaukab, A., Tariq, M., & Rahman, A.

Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health

The development of a World Health Organization transdiagnostic chatbot intervention for distressed adolescents and young adults

Keyan, D., Hall, J., Jordan, S., Watts, S., Au, T., Dawson, K.S., Abu Sway, R. et al.

Frontiers in Digital Health 7 (2025): 1528580

Involving young people with lived experience in advancing mental health science: an exploratory qualitative study from Pakistan and India

Hamdani, S.U., Huma, Z.E., Chakrabarti, B. et al.

BMC Psychiatry 25, 647

The effect of tranexamic acid on postpartum bleeding in women with moderate and severe anaemia (WOMAN-2): an international, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

WOMAN-2 Trial Collaborators

Lancet. 2024 Oct 26;404(10463):1645-1656

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01749-5. PMID: 39461792

Utilizing the CFIR framework for mapping the facilitators and barriers of implementing teachers led school mental health programs — a scoping review

Roshan, R., Hamid, S., Kumar, R., Hamdani, U., Naqvi, S., Huma, Z.E., Adeel, U.

Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2024 Oct 17

doi: 10.1007/s00127-024-02762-7. PMID: 39419840

Effectiveness of a group psychological intervention to reduce psychosocial distress in adolescents in Pakistan: a single-blind, cluster randomized controlled trial

Hamdani, S.U., Huma, Z.E., Malik, A., Tamizuddin-Nizami, A., Javed, H., Minhas, F.A., Jordans, M.J.D., Sijbrandij, M., Suleman, N., Baneen, U.U., Bryant, R.A., van Ommeren, M., Rahman, A., Wang, D.

Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2024 Aug;8(8):559-570

doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(24)00101-9. PMID: 39025557. PMCID: PMC11254783

Tipping the scales for global mental health: A summary of the Presidential Panel at the 39th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

Sijbrandij, M., Bass, J.K., Carswell, K., Hamdani, S.U., Karyotaki, E.

J Trauma Stress. 2024 Jul 17

doi: 10.1002/jts.23085. PMID: 39018333

Being — Mapping Youth Mental Health Landscapes: Local Insights from 13 Countries

Being Initiative

Being Initiative report, 2024

Tranexamic acid for the prevention of postpartum bleeding: Protocol for a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis

Anti-fibrinolytics Trialists Collaborators – Obstetric Trialists Group; Ker, K., Shakur-Still, H., Sentilhes, L., Pacheco, L.D., Saade, G., Deneux-Tharaux, C., Brenner, A., Mansukhani, R., Ageron, F.X., Prowse, D., Chaudhri, R., Olayemi, O., Roberts, I.

Gates Open Res. 2023 May 12;7:3

doi: 10.12688/gatesopenres.13747.2. PMID: 37601311. PMCID: PMC10439279

What science has shown can help young people with anxiety and depression. Identifying and reviewing the 'active ingredients' of effective interventions: Part 2

Wellcome

Wellcome report, 22 November 2022

doi: 10.5281/zenodo.7327296

Family support and parenting interventions for youth anxiety and depression in low and middle income countries

Huma, Z.E., Zafar, S.W., Hamdani, S.U.

The Mental Elf, National Elf Service, 20 January 2022

Sustainable Technology for Adolescents and youth to Reduce Stress (STARS): a WHO transdiagnostic chatbot for distressed youth

Hall, J., Jordan, S., van Ommeren, M., Au, T., Sway, R.A., Crawford, J., Ghalayani, H., Hamdani, S.U., Luitel, N.P., Malik, A., Servili, C., Sorsdahl, K., Watts, S., Carswell, K.

World Psychiatry. 2022 Feb;21(1):156-157

doi: 10.1002/wps.20947. PMID: 35015345. PMCID: PMC8751560

Technology-assisted task-sharing to bridge the treatment gap for childhood developmental disorders in rural Pakistan: an implementation science case study

Hamdani, S.U., Huma, Z.E., Wissow, L.S.

Implement Sci Commun. 2022 Sep 15;3(1):99

doi: 10.1186/s43058-022-00343-w. PMID: 36109792. PMCID: PMC9479305

Improving psychosocial distress for young adolescents in rural schools of Pakistan: study protocol of a cluster randomised controlled trial

Hamdani, S.U., Huma, Z.E., Malik, A., Nizami, A.T., Baneen, U.U., Suleman, N., Javed, H., Wang, D., van Ommeren, M., Mazhar, S., Khan, S.A., Minhas, F.A., Rahman, A.

BMJ Open. 2022 Sep 23;12(9):e063607

doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063607. PMID: 36153028. PMCID: PMC9511576

Effectiveness of Relaxation Techniques as an Active Ingredient of Psychological Interventions to Reduce Distress, Anxiety and Depression in Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Hamdani, S.U., Huma, Z.E., Zafar, S.W., Suleman, N., Waqas, A., & Rahman, A.

Psychometric performance of the Mental Health Implementation Science Tools (mhIST) across six low- and middle-income countries

Aldridge, L.R., Kemp, C.G., Bass, J.K., Danforth, K., Kane, J.C., Hamdani, S.U., Marsch, L.A., Uribe-Restrepo, J.M., Nguyen, A.J., Bolton, P.A., Murray, L.K., Haroz, E.E.

Implement Sci Commun. 2022 May 19;3(1):54

doi: 10.1186/s43058-022-00301-6. PMID: 35590428. PMCID: PMC9118868

Feasibility and Acceptability of a Multicomponent, Group Psychological Intervention for Adolescents with Psychosocial Distress in Public Schools of Pakistan: A Feasibility Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial (cRCT)

Hamdani, S.U., Huma, Z.E., Tamizuddin-Nizami, A., Suleman, N., Javed, H., Malik, A., Wang, D., & Rahman, A.

Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health. 2022 Jun 21;16(1):47

doi: 10.1186/s13034-022-00480-z. PMID: 35729589. PMCID: PMC9210054

A comparison of real-world effectiveness of vortioxetine along the treatment algorithm for major depressive disorder

Bose, R., Hamdani, S.U., Minhas, F.A., Herr, K.J.

Curr Med Res Opin. 2022 Jan 20:1-25

doi: 10.1080/03007995.2022.2031146. PMID: 35049384

Residual posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms after provision of brief behavioral intervention in low- and middle-income countries: An individual-patient data meta-analysis

Akhtar, A., Koyiet, P., Rahman, A., Schafer, A., Hamdani, S.U., Cuijpers, P., Sijbrandij, M., Bryant, R.A.

Depress Anxiety. 2022 Jan;39(1):71-82

doi: 10.1002/da.23221. PMID: 34752690

Addressing the Consequences of the COVID-19 Lockdown for Children’s Mental Health: Investing in School Mental Health Programmes

Hamoda, H.M., Chiumento, A., Alonge, O., Hamdani, S.U., Saeed, K., Wissow, L., & Rahman, A.

Psychiatric Services

Debate: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Pakistan; Do we need In-patient Mental Health Facilities for Children and Young People?

Hamdani, S.U., Huma, Z.E., & Tamizuddin-Nizami, A.

Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 26(2), 182-183

Annual Research Review: Achieving Universal Health Coverage for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Low- and Middle-income Countries: A Review of Reviews

Divan, G., Bhavnani, S., Leadbitter, K., Ellis, C., Dasgupta, J., Abubakar, A., Elsabbagh, M., Hamdani, S.U., Servili, C., Patel, V., Green, J.

J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2021 May;62(5):514-535

doi: 10.1111/jcpp.13404. PMID: 33905120

Effect of Adding a Psychological Intervention to Routine Care of Common Mental Disorders in a Specialized Mental Healthcare Facility in Pakistan: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Hamdani, S.U., Huma, Z.E., Masood, A., Zhou, K., Ahmed, Z., Nazir, H., … Minhas, F.A.

International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 15(1), 1-12

Scaling-up School Mental Health Services in Low Resource Public Schools of Rural Pakistan: the Theory of Change (ToC) Approach

Hamdani, S.U., Zill-e-Huma, Suleman, N., Warraitch, A., Muzzafar, N., Farzeen, M., … Wissow, L.S.

International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 15(1), 1-10

Debate: Implementation Science Can Help Bridge the Gap between Evidence and Policy – A Case Study from the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Rahman, A., & Hamdani, S.U.

Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 26(1), 80-82

Technology-assisted Teachers’ Training to Promote Socioemotional Well-being of Children in Public Schools in Rural Pakistan

Hamdani, S.U., Zill-e-Huma, Warraitch, A., Suleman, N., Muzzafar, N., Minhas, F.A., … Wissow, L.S.

Psychiatric Services, 72(1), 69-76

Preparing for Parenthood: Developing a Life-skills and Socioemotional Health Programme for Young Married Couples in Rural Pakistan

Atif, N., Rahman, A., Huma, Z.E., & Hamdani, S.U.

Global Health Action, 14(1), 1982485

Prevalence of psychosocial distress in school going adolescents in rural Pakistan: Findings from a cross-sectional epidemiological survey

Hamdani, S., Huma, Z.E., Javed, H., Warraitch, A., Rahman, A., Nizami, A., & Minhas, F.

BJPsych Open, 7(S1), S56-S57

doi: 10.1192/bjo.2021.196

Technology-Assisted Teachers’ Training to Promote Socioemotional Well-Being of Children in Public Schools in Rural Pakistan

Hamdani, S.U., Huma, Z., Warraitch, A., Suleman, N., Muzzafar, N., Minhas, F.A., … Wissow, L.S.

Psychiatric Services, appi.ps.202000005

doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.202000005

Cognitive–behavioral Therapy-based Intervention to Treat Symptoms of Anxiety in Pregnancy in a Prenatal Clinic Using Non-Specialist Providers in Pakistan: Design of a Randomised Trial

Surkan, P.J., Hamdani, S.U., Huma, Z.E., Nazir, H., Atif, N., Rowther, A.A., … Rahman, A.

BMJ Open, 10(4), e037590

Using a Person-generated Mental Health Outcome Measure in Large Clinical Trials in Kenya and Pakistan: Self-perceived Problem Responses in Diverse Communities

Harper Shehadeh, M., van’t Hof, E., Schafer, A., van Ommeren, M., Farooq, S., Hamdani, S.U., … Albanese, E.

Transcultural Psychiatry, 57(1), 108-123

Cost-effectiveness of WHO Problem Management Plus for Adults with Mood and Anxiety Disorders in a Post-conflict Area of Pakistan: Randomised Controlled Trial

Hamdani, S.U., Huma, Z.E., Rahman, A., Wang, D., Chen, T., van Ommeren, M., … Farooq, S.

The British Journal of Psychiatry, 217(5), 623-629

Identifying Pathways for Large-scale Implementation of a School-based Mental Health Programme in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: A Theory Driven Approach

Chiumento, A., Alonge, O., Hamoda, H., Gaber, E., Huma, Z., Abbasinnejad, M., … Rahman, A.

Health Policy and Planning, 35(Suppl), ii112-ii123

Measuring Functional Disability in Children with Developmental Disorders in Low-resource Settings: Validation of Developmental Disorders-Children Disability Assessment Schedule (DD-CDAS) in Rural Pakistan

Hamdani, S., Huma, Z., Wissow, L., Rahman, A., & Gladstone, M.

Global Mental Health, 7, E17

doi: 10.1017/gmh.2020.10

Implementation and Effectiveness of Adolescent Life Skills Programmes in Low- and Middle-income Countries: A Critical Review and Meta-analysis

Singla, D.R., Waqas, A., Hamdani, S.U., Suleman, N., Zafar, S.W., Saeed, K., … Rahman, A.

Behaviour Research and Therapy, 130, 103402

Pathways to care for people with dementia: An international multicentre study

Volpe, U., Amin, H., Ayinde, O.O., Burns, A., Chan, W.C., David, R., Hamdani, S.U., … Gracia-García, P.

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 35(2), 163-173

The NIMH global mental health research community and COVID-19

Rahman, A., Naslund, J.A., Betancourt, T.S., Black, C.J., Bhan, A., Byansi, W., Chen, H., Gaynes, B.N., Restrepo, C.G., Gouveia, L., Hamdani, S.U., Marsch, L.A., Petersen, I., Bahar, O.S., Shields-Zeeman, L., Ssewamala, F., Wainberg, M.L.

Lancet Psychiatry, 7(10):834-836

doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30347-3. PMID: 32846142. PMCID: PMC7443356

Improving mental health and psychosocial wellbeing in humanitarian settings: reflections on research funded through R2HC

Tol, W.A., Ager, A., Bizouerne, C., Bryant, R., El Chammay, R., Colebunders, R., García-Moreno, C., Hamdani, S.U., … van Ommeren, M.

Conflict and Health, 14, 71

Elements of Psychosocial Interventions for Common Perinatal Mental Health Problems Among Women to Improve Early Childhood Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Waqas, A., Rahman, A., Zafar, S.W., Suleman, N., Hamdani, S.U., & Fisher, J.

66th Annual Meeting, AACAP (October 2019)

Using Technology to Scale-up Training and Supervision of Community Health Workers in the Psychosocial Management of Perinatal Depression: A Non-inferiority, Randomized Controlled Trial

Rahman, A., Akhtar, P., Hamdani, S.U., Atif, N., Nazir, H., Uddin, I., … Zafar, S.

Global Mental Health

Effectiveness of a Brief Group Psychological Intervention for Women in a Post-conflict Setting in Pakistan: A Single-blind, Cluster, Randomised Controlled Trial

Rahman, A., Khan, M.N., Hamdani, S.U., Chiumento, A., Akhtar, P., Nazir, H., … van Ommeren, M.

The Lancet

doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(18)32343

Implementation and Effectiveness of Adolescent Life Skills Programmes in Low- and Middle-income Countries: A Critical Review and Meta-Analysis

Singla, D.R., Waqas, A., Hamdani, S.U., Suleman, N., Zafar, S.W., Zill-e-Huma, … Rahman, A.

Behaviour Research and Therapy

doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2019.04.010

Perceived Cognitive Dysfunction in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder in Pakistan: A Cross-sectional Study

Aslam Minhas, F., Rana, R.Z., Rana, M.H., Hamdani, S.U., Dogar, I.A., Afridi, M.I., … Mufti, K.A.

Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society, 16(2)

Reaching the Unreached

Hamdani, S.U., & Rahman, A.

Evidence-Based Practice in Action: Bridging Clinical Science and Intervention, 144

Using Technology to Advance School Mental Health: Experience from The Eastern Mediterranean Region

Hamdani, S.U., Muzaffar, N., Huma, Z., Hamdani, A., Rauf, R., Farzeen, M., … Rahman, A.

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 58(10), S22-S22

Scaling-up and Implementing Psychotherapies in Low-Resource Settings

Bass, J.K., & Hamdani, S.U.

Global Mental Health and Psychotherapy (pp. 67-84). Academic Press

Supporting intervention providers and families in South Asia

Rahman, A., & Hamdani, S.U.

Handbook of Parent-Implemented Interventions for Very Young Children with Autism, 393-402

Problem Management Plus (PM+) for Common Mental Disorders in a Humanitarian Setting in Pakistan; Study Protocol for a Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT)

Sijbrandij, M., Farooq, S., Bryant, R.A., Dawson, K., Hamdani, S.U., Chiumento, A., … van Ommeren, M.

BMC Psychiatry, 18

doi: 10.1186/s12888-018-1922-5

Evaluating Feasibility and Acceptability of a Group WHO Trans-diagnostic Intervention for Women with Common Mental Disorders in Rural Pakistan: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Feasibility Trial

Khan, M.N., Hamdani, S.U., Chiumento, A., Dawson, K., Bryant, R.A., Sijbrandij, M., Nazir, H., Akhtar, P., Masood, A., Wang, D., & Wang, E.

Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, pp.1-11

Problem Management Plus (PM+) in the Management of Common Mental Disorders in a Specialized Mental Healthcare Facility in Pakistan; Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Hamdani, S.U., Ahmed, Z., Sijbrandij, M., Nazir, H., Masood, A., Akhtar, P., … Minhas, F.A.

International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 11(1), 1-9

Evaluating Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of a Group Psychological Intervention Using Cognitive Behavioural Strategies for Women with Common Mental Disorders in Conflict-affected Rural Pakistan: Study Protocol for a Randomised Controlled Trial

Chiumento, A., Hamdani, S.U., Khan, M.N., Dawson, K., Bryant, R.A., Sijbrandij, M., … Rahman, A.

Trials, 18(1), 1-12

WHO Parents Skills Training (PST) Programme for Children with Developmental Disorders and Delays Delivered by Family Volunteers in Rural Pakistan: Study Protocol for Effectiveness Implementation Hybrid Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Hamdani, S.U., Akhtar, P., Zill-e-Huma, Nazir, H., Minhas, F., Sikander, S., … Rahman, A.

Global Mental Health, 4, E11

doi: 10.1017/gmh.2017.7

Supporting intervention providers and families in South Asia

Hamdani, S.U., & Rahman, A.

In M. Siller & L. Morgan (Eds.), Handbook of Parent-Implemented Interventions for Very Young Children with Autism. Springer: New York

Problem Management Plus (PM+): Pilot Trial of a WHO Transdiagnostic Psychological Intervention in Conflict-affected Pakistan

Rahman, A., Riaz, N., Dawson, K.S., Hamdani, S.U., Chiumento, A., Sijbrandij, M., Minhas, F., Bryant, R.A., Saeed, K., van Ommeren, M., & Farooq, S.

World Psychiatry, 15(2), 182

Effect of a Multicomponent Behavioral Intervention in Adults Impaired by Psychological Distress in a Conflict-affected Area of Pakistan: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Rahman, A., Hamdani, S.U., Awan, N.R., Bryant, R.A., Dawson, K.S., Khan, M.F., Azeemi, M.M.U.H., Akhtar, P., Nazir, H., Chiumento, A., & Sijbrandij, M.

JAMA, 316(24), 2609–2617

Problem Management Plus (PM+) in the Treatment of Common Mental Disorders in Women Affected by Gender-based Violence and Urban Adversity in Kenya: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Sijbrandij, M., Bryant, R.A., Schafer, A., Dawson, K.S., Anjuri, D., Ndogoni, L., Ulate, J., Hamdani, S.U., & van Ommeren, M.

International Journal of Mental Health Systems

The Effectiveness of Technology-assisted Cascade Training and Supervision of Community Health Workers in Delivering the Thinking Healthy Programme for Perinatal Depression in a Post-conflict Area of Pakistan – Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Zafar, S., Sikander, S., Hamdani, S.U., Atif, N., Akhtar, P., Nazir, H., … Rahman, A.

Trials, 17(1), 1–8

Effectiveness of the Parent-Mediated Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in South Asia in India and Pakistan (PASS): a Randomised Controlled Trial

Rahman, A., Divan, G., Hamdani, S.U., Vajaratkar, V., Taylor, C., Leadbitter, K., … Green, J.

The Lancet Psychiatry, 3(2), 128-136

Model for Service Delivery for Developmental Disorders in Low-income Countries

Hamdani, S.U., Minhas, F.A., Iqbal, Z., & Rahman, A.

Pediatrics, 136(6), 1166-1172

Problem Management Plus (PM+) for Common Mental Disorders in a Humanitarian Setting in Pakistan; Study Protocol for a Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT)

Sijbrandij, M., Farooq, S., Bryant, R.A., Dawson, K., Hamdani, S.U., Chiumento, A., … van Ommeren, M.

BMC Psychiatry, 15(1), 1-6

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

Divan, G., Hamdani, S.U., Vajaratkar, V., Minhas, A., Taylor, C., Aldred, C., … Patel, V.

Global Health Action, 8(1), 27278

Parents’ Perspectives on Care of Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder in South Asia – Views from Pakistan and India

Minhas, A., Vajaratkar, V., Divan, G., Hamdani, S.U., Leadbitter, K., Taylor, C., … Rahman, A.

International Review of Psychiatry, 27(3), 247-256

doi: 10.3109/09540261.2015.1049128

Problem Management Plus (PM+): A WHO Transdiagnostic Psychological Intervention for Common Mental Health Problems

Dawson, K.S., Bryant, R.A., Harper, M., Tay, A.K., Rahman, A., Schafer, A., & Van Ommeren, M.

World Psychiatry, 14(3), 354

Family Networks to Improve Outcomes in Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disorders: a Qualitative Study

Hamdani, S.U., Atif, N., Tariq, M., Minhas, F.A., Iqbal, Z., & Rahman, A.

International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 8(1), 1-8