Trial reportEuropean journal of psychotraumatology2022
Feasibility and acceptability of Problem Management Plus (PM+) among Syrian refugees and asylum seekers in Switzerland: a mixed-method pilot randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in European journal of psychotraumatology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 29 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Boosting Refugee Integration Through Psychological Intervention (BRIGHT) - a Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial
Boosting Refugee Integration Through Psychological Intervention
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Brief CBT-based psychological interventions to improve mental health outcomes in refugee populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2024Pooled it
- A mixed methods systematic review of mental health self-care strategies for Arabic-speaking refugees and migrants.BMC public health · 2023Pooled it
- Transdiagnostic psychosocial interventions to promote mental health in forcibly displaced persons: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2023Pooled it
- Patient perspectives on group problem management plus for adults with major depressive disorder in rural Malawi.Global health action · 2025Trial
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- Self-perceived problems of Afghan asylum seekers and refugees and their experiences with a short psychological intervention.BMC public health · 2023Trial
- Stakeholder perspectives on the scalability of a psychological intervention for alcohol misuse and psychological distress in wartime: A qualitative study in Ukraine.PLOS mental health · 2026Article
- Advancing mental health equity: a community-based adaptation of problem management plus (PM+) on a mobile health clinic.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Adaptation of an intervention for psychological distress in children and adolescents living in urban areas of Sweden - UNITE.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- A Digital Psychosocial Service (Sui App) for Arabic-Speaking Refugees in Switzerland: Development and Cultural-Contextual Adaptation Using a User-Centered and Participatory Approach.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Cultural adaptation of a self-help app for grieving Syrian refugees in Switzerland. A feasibility and acceptability pilot-RCT.Internet interventions · 2025Article
- Piloting competency assessments for an evidence-based brief psychological intervention with Arabic-speaking non-specialists in Switzerland.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2025Article
- A qualitative process evaluation of group problem management plus for distressed Syrian refugees in Türkiye.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2025Article
- Comparative efficacy and acceptability of psychosocial interventions for PTSD, depression, and anxiety in asylum seekers, refugees, and other migrant populations: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled studies.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2025Article
- "It was really helpful for me, and at the same time it was really tough": a qualitative study among Afghan peer refugee helpers in Greece.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Syrian refugee young adults as community mental health workers implementing problem management plus: Protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial to measure the mechanisms of effect on their own wellbeing, stress and coping.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2024Article
- A scoping review of the literature on the application and usefulness of the Problem Management Plus (PM+) intervention around the world.BJPsych open · 2024Article
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- A qualitative evaluation of the use of Problem Management Plus (PM+) among Arabic-speaking migrants with psychological distress in France - The APEX study.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: Syrian refugees in Switzerland face several barriers in accessing mental health care. Cost-effective psychological interventions are urgently needed to meet the mental health needs of refugees. Problem Management Plus (PM+) is an evidence-based, psychological intervention delivered by trained non-specialist 'helpers'. Objective: To assess the feasibility and acceptability of PM+ among Syrian refugees in Switzerland. Methods: We conducted a single-blind pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) with Syrian refugees impaired by psychological distress (K10 > 15 and WHODAS 2.0 > 16). Participants were randomized to PM+ or Enhanced Treatment As Usual (ETAU). Participants were assessed at baseline, and 1 week and 3 months after the intervention, and completed measures indexing mental health problems and health care usage. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with different stakeholders. Results: Conclusions: The findings support the conduct of a definitive RCT and show that PM+ might have the potential to be scaled-up in Switzerland. The importance, as well as the challenges, of implementing and scaling-up PM+ in high-income countries, such as Switzerland, are discussed.
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