ArticlePilot and feasibility studies2021
Posttraumatic stress disorder intervention for people with severe mental illness in a low-income country primary care setting: a randomized feasibility trial protocol.
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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Intervention for People With Severe Mental Illness in Low- and Middle-Income Country Primary Care Settings
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prevalence and factors associated with post-traumatic stress disorder among survivors of gender-based violence in selected safe houses in the Sidama region, Ethiopia.Discover mental health · 2026Article
- Identification of psychosocial problems in routine antenatal care in Ethiopia: A facility-based cross-sectional study.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Article
- Adaptation of a PTSD intervention for use in primary care in a low-income country: The Brief Relaxation, Education And Trauma HEaling intervention for Ethiopia (BREATHE Ethiopia).SSM. Mental health · 2025Article
- Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms among youths in war-affected areas of Northeast Ethiopia.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
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- Cultural adaptation of a brief psychological intervention for PTSD in severe mental illness: a Botswana context.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2025Article
- Post-traumatic stress disorder among military personnel admitted at the Northwest Command Level Three Military Hospital, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, 2022: an institution-based cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Experience of traumatic events in people with severe mental illness in a low-income country: a qualitative study.International journal of mental health systems · 2023Article
- Effective training practices for non-specialist providers to promote high-quality mental health intervention delivery: A narrative review with four case studies from Kenya, Ethiopia, and the United States.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2023Review
- A culturally adapted brief intervention for post-traumatic stress disorder in people with severe mental illness in Botswana: protocol for a randomised feasibility trial.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2021Article
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5 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundIn this protocol, we outline a mixed-methods randomized feasibility trial of Brief Relaxation, Education and Trauma Healing (BREATHE) Ethiopia. BREATHE Ethiopia is a culturally and contextually adapted intervention for PTSD in participants with severe mental illness. BREATHE Ethiopia maps onto the World Health Organization's guidelines for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment in low- and middle-income country primary care settings.
methodsSpecifically, this study includes a non-randomized pre-pilot (n = 5) and a randomized feasibility trial comparing BREATHE Ethiopia to Treatment as Usual (n = 40) to assess trial procedures, acceptability, and feasibility of intervention delivery, and investigate potential effectiveness and implementation. In a process evaluation, we will collect data that will be critical for a future fully randomized controlled trial, including the numbers of participants who are eligible, who consent, who engage in treatment, and who complete the assessments, as well as the feasibility and acceptability of assessments and the intervention. Qualitative data on facilitators and barriers to intervention delivery and quantitative data on provider fidelity to the intervention and participant and provider satisfaction will also be collected. Quantitative assessments at baseline, post-treatment, 1-month follow-up, and 3-month follow-up will assess change in mental health symptoms and functional impairment and hypothesized intervention mechanisms, including knowledge about PTSD, stigma, trauma-related cognitions, and physiological arousal. DISCUSSION: Findings from this study will inform a future fully-powered randomized controlled trial, and if found to be effective, the intervention has the potential to be integrated into mental healthcare scale-up efforts in other low-resource settings.
trial registrationRegistered with ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04385498) first posted May 13
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