Behavioral Activation for Comorbid Depression in People With Noncommunicable Disease in India: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial

Rayeesa Zainab   ^{1 *} , MPH ;   Arun Kandasamy   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Naseer Ahmad Bhat   ^{2 *} , PhD ;   Chrishma Violla Dsouza   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Hannah Jennings   ^{3 *} , PhD ;   Cath Jackson   ^{4 *} , PhD ;   Papiya Mazumdar   ^{5 *} , PhD ;   Catherine Elizabeth Hewitt   ^{6 *} , PhD ;   David Ekers   ^{7, 8 *} , PhD ;   Gitanjali Narayanan   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Girish N Rao   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Karen Coales   ^{3 *} , PG ;   Krishna Prasad Muliyala   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Santosh K Chaturvedi   ^{9 *} , MD ;   Pratima Murthy   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Najma Siddiqi   ^{3 *} , PhD

¹ National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, India

² Jindal School of Psychology and Counselling, O P Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India

³ Department of Health Sciences, University of York & Hull York Medical School, Heslington, United Kingdom

⁴ Valid Research LTD, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

⁵ School of Politics and International Studies, Faculty of Social Science, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

⁶ Department of Health Sciences, University of York, Heslington, United Kingdom

⁷ Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

⁸ Department of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Health, Durham University, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

⁹ Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, Leicester, United Kingdom

*all authors contributed equally