Study	Reason for exclusion
Brown 2016	Compared cognitive behavioural therapy plus medication treatment algorithm with treatment as usual.
Chibanda 2014	Compared antidepressant therapy with psychological intervention.
Markowitz 1998	Inclusion criteria did not include DSM or ICD diagnostic criteria for current depressive episode, rather HAM‐D score and clinical judgement.
NCT00285584	Study population not primarily PLWH. Outcome was reduction in HIV risk behaviour.
Pence 2015	Evaluated effect of a treatment care model and not antidepressant effect.
Stein 2005	Study population not HIV infected. Outcome was reduction in HIV risk behaviour.
Tsai 2013	Intervention was directly observed antidepressant treatment compared to standard of care (same antidepressant given in both groups).

DSM: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; HAM‐D: Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; ICD: International Statistical Classification of Diseases; PLWH: people living with HIV.