Friendship Bench Adaptation to Improve Mental Health & HIV Care Engagement Outcomes Among PLWH and PWID in Vietnam

Participants randomized to this arm will receive the Friendship Bench protocol delivered by a professional counselor.

Participants randomized to this arm will receive the Friendship Bench protocol delivered by a trained lay counselor.

Enhanced usual care (EUC) will include general training of the HIV providers and clinics about CMD identification and management, and feedback to the HIV provider of the status of their enrolled patient to allow follow-up per the clinic's standard care. Information will be collected in follow-up interviews to characterize the care that patients receive. These activities will occur in all three arms, but they are the only activities in the EUC arm.