Psychological therapies for the treatment of mental disorders in low‐and middle‐income countries affected by humanitarian crises

M Purgato, C Gastaldon, D Papola… - Cochrane database …, 2018 - cochranelibrary.com
Background People living in humanitarian settings in low‐and middle‐income countries
(LMICs) are exposed to a constellation of stressors that make them vulnerable to developing …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of community disaster trauma: a focus on emerging research of PTSD and other mental health outcomes

JY Lee, SW Kim, JM Kim - Chonnam medical journal, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This paper reviews community residents' mental health following exposure to a community
disaster trauma, with a focus on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental …

Effectiveness of Group Problem Management Plus, a brief psychological intervention for adults affected by humanitarian disasters in Nepal: A cluster randomized …

MJD Jordans, BA Kohrt, M Sangraula, EL Turner… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Globally, 235 million people are impacted by humanitarian emergencies
worldwide, presenting increased risk of experiencing a mental disorder. Our objective was to …

Post-traumatic stress disorder and its associated factors among survivors of 2015 earthquake in Nepal

R Acharya Pandey, P Chalise, S Khadka… - BMC psychiatry, 2023 - Springer
Background Natural disasters cause long term psychological consequences, especially post-
traumatic stress disorders. It has been regarded as the most prevalent of psychiatric …

Development of the mental health cultural adaptation and contextualization for implementation (mhCACI) procedure: a systematic framework to prepare evidence …

M Sangraula, BA Kohrt, R Ghimire, P Shrestha… - Global Mental …, 2021 - cambridge.org
BackgroundBecause of the high burden of untreated mental illness in humanitarian settings
and low-and middle-income countries, scaling-up effective psychological interventions …

Anger dimensions and mental health following a disaster: Distribution and implications after a major bushfire

S Cowlishaw, O Metcalf, T Varker… - … of Traumatic Stress, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Anger is an important dimension of affect and a prominent feature of posttraumatic mental
health, but it is commonly overlooked in postdisaster settings. We aimed to examine the …

Integrative mental health and psychosocial support interventions for refugees in humanitarian crisis settings

I Weissbecker, F Hanna, M El Shazly, J Gao… - An uncertain safety …, 2019 - Springer
Refugees are often exposed to various interrelated stressors including the loss of resources
and belongings, death of, or separation from, loved ones as well as direct exposure to …

Posttraumatic stress and depression in the aftermath of environmental disasters: a review of quantitative studies published in 2018

SR Lowe, JL Bonumwezi, Z Valdespino-Hayden… - Current environmental …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review As interest in the mental health consequences of environmental
disasters increases, this review aimed to summarize peer-reviewed studies published in …

Feasibility of Group Problem Management Plus (PM+) to improve mental health and functioning of adults in earthquake-affected communities in Nepal

M Sangraula, EL Turner, NP Luitel… - Epidemiology and …, 2020 - cambridge.org
AimsPsychological interventions that are brief, acceptable, effective and can be delivered by
non-specialists are especially necessary in low-and middle-income countries, where mental …

Reducing stigma among healthcare providers to improve mental health services (RESHAPE): protocol for a pilot cluster randomized controlled trial of a stigma …

BA Kohrt, MJD Jordans, EL Turner, KJ Sikkema… - Pilot and Feasibility …, 2018 - Springer
Background Non-specialist healthcare providers, including primary and community
healthcare workers, in low-and middle-income countries can effectively treat mental illness …