Addressing mental health concerns in refugees and displaced populations: is enough being done?

LR Grasser - Risk management and healthcare policy, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
There are over 82.4 million forcibly displaced people worldwide, about a quarter of whom
are resettling as refugees. In the wake of the global refugee crisis spurred by conflict …

Primary‐level worker interventions for the care of people living with mental disorders and distress in low‐and middle‐income countries

A Ussif, R Singh, U Shahmalak… - Cochrane database …, 2021 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Community‐based primary‐level workers (PWs) are an important strategy for
addressing gaps in mental health service delivery in low‐and middle‐income countries …

Group problem management plus (PM+) to decrease psychological distress among Syrian refugees in Turkey: a pilot randomised controlled trial

C Acarturk, E Uygun, Z Ilkkursun, T Yurtbakan, G Kurt… - BMC psychiatry, 2022 - Springer
Background Syrian refugees resettled in Turkey show a high prevalence of symptoms of
mental disorders. Problem Management Plus (PM+) is an effective psychological …

Good practices in perinatal mental health for women during wars and migrations: A narrative synthesis from the COST Action Riseup-PPD in the context of the war in …

M Chrzan-Dętkoś, MF Rodríguez-Muñoz… - Clínica y …, 2022 - repozytorium.bg.ug.edu.pl
Background: Since February 24th, 2022, the beginning of Russia's aggression against
Ukraine, more than 80,000 women were expected to give birth. Therefore, understanding …

Problems after flight: understanding and comparing Syrians' perspectives in the Middle East and Europe

A Drescher, N Kiselev, A Akhtar, C Acarturk… - BMC Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Background Syrian refugees and asylum seekers (SRAs) face multiple stressors after flight,
which may vary due to different geographic, economic, cultural and socio-political contexts …

The impact of family income and parental factors on children's resilience and mental well‐being

W Bruno, R Dehnel… - Journal of community …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Although there is robust evidence on the intergenerational transmission of trauma‐related
distress, much less is known about the relation of family income and parental resilience on …

Improving mental health following multiple disasters in Australia: a randomized controlled trial of the Skills for Life Adjustment and Resilience (SOLAR) programme

S Cowlishaw, K Gibson, S Alexander… - European journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The mental health impacts of climate change-related disasters are significant.
However, access to mental health services is often limited by the availability of trained …

Scalable psychological interventions for Syrian refugees in Europe and the Middle East: STRENGTHS study protocol for a prospective individual participant data meta …

AM de Graaff, P Cuijpers, C Acarturk, A Akhtar… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction The World Health Organization's (WHO) scalable psychological interventions,
such as Problem Management Plus (PM+) and Step-by-Step (SbS) are designed to be cost …

[HTML][HTML] A brief psychological intervention for improving the mental health of Venezuelan migrants and refugees: a mixed-methods study

C Perera, K Aldamman, M Hansen, I Haahr-Pedersen… - SSM-Mental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The last decade has seen a rising interest in brief and affordable psychological interventions
delivered by lay providers to address the unmet need for mental health care in low resource …

[HTML][HTML] Process evaluations of mental health and psychosocial support interventions for populations affected by humanitarian crises

A Massazza, CR May, B Roberts, WA Tol… - Social Science & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) have been increasingly used to
test the effectiveness of mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) interventions for …