John A. Joska

Research interests

Publications

• Cognitive impairment in people living with HIV: consensus recommendations for a new approach

  Nature Reviews Neurology · 2023 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41582-023-00813-2

• Moving on From HAND: Why We Need New Criteria for Cognitive Impairment in Persons Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus and a Proposed Way Forward

  Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab366

• Cortical thickness across the lifespan: Data from 17,075 healthy individuals aged 3–90 years

  Human Brain Mapping · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.25364

• Subcortical volumes across the lifespan: Data from 18,605 healthy individuals aged 3–90 years

  Human Brain Mapping · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.25320

• Project Khanya: results from a pilot randomized type 1 hybrid effectiveness‐implementation trial of a peer‐delivered behavioural intervention for ART adherence and substance use in HIV care in South Africa

  Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25720

• Treating depression and improving adherence in HIV care with task‐shared cognitive behavioural therapy in Khayelitsha, South Africa: a randomized controlled trial

  Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25823

• COVID-19: Increased Risk to the Mental Health and Safety of Women Living with HIV in South Africa

  AIDS and Behavior · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-020-02897-z

• Greater male than female variability in regional brain structure across the lifespan

  Human Brain Mapping · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.25204

• Task-sharing of psychological treatment for antenatal depression in Khayelitsha, South Africa: Effects on antenatal and postnatal outcomes in an individual randomised controlled trial

  Behaviour Research and Therapy · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2019.103466

• A Comparison of Five Brief Screening Tools for HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders in the USA and South Africa

  AIDS and Behavior · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-016-1316-y

• Generating evidence to narrow the treatment gap for mental disorders in sub-Saharan Africa: rationale, overview and methods of AFFIRM

  Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1017/s2045796015000281

• Improving mental health among people living with HIV: a review of intervention trials in low- and middle-income countries

  Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2015.17

• Sensitivity and specificity of clinician administered screening instruments in detecting depression among HIV-positive individuals in Uganda

  AIDS Care · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2013.764385

• HIV infection and the fronto–striatal system

  AIDS · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1097/qad.0000000000000151

• Comparing the accuracy of brief versus long depression screening instruments which have been validated in low and middle income countries: a systematic review

  BMC Psychiatry · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-244x-12-187

• HIV/AIDS and mental health research in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

  African Journal of AIDS Research · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2011.593373

• Poverty and common mental disorders in low and middle income countries: A systematic review

  Social Science & Medicine · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.04.027

• Does highly active antiretroviral therapy improve neurocognitive function? A systematic review

  Journal of NeuroVirology · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.3109/13550281003682513

• Characterization of HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders Among Individuals Starting Antiretroviral Therapy in South Africa

  AIDS and Behavior · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-010-9744-6

• Clinical Correlates of HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders in South Africa

  AIDS and Behavior · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-009-9538-x

• The revolving door phenomenon in psychiatry: comparing low-frequency and high-frequency users of psychiatric inpatient services in a developing country

  Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-009-0085-6

Current projects

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