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Integrated service delivery, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where resources are most limited and the burden of HIV is heaviest, may help to improve both HIV and mental health outcomes. While the integration of mental health and HIV services has been studied in various settings, previous reviews on this topic have primarily focused on the integration processes rather than health outcomes. In this systematic review, we evaluated the effectiveness of interventions in LMICs that integrated mental health and HIV services. We searched PubMed, CINAHL, Sociological Abstracts, PsycINFO and EMBASE and conducted backward and forward citation searches. We included studies conducted in LMICs that evaluated the integration of services for HIV and mental health conditions using pre-post or multi-arm study designs, published in a peer-reviewed journal from January 2000 through January 2024. Studies on substance use services were excluded. 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While the evidence on HIV-related outcomes (e.g., antiretroviral therapy adherence, viral suppression and HIV stigma) was more limited, most studies that reported these outcomes showed positive effects of integrated interventions, especially community-based ones. 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