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The effect of an integrated care intervention of multidisciplinary mental health treatment and employment services for trauma-affected refugees: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
Article in Trials, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04244864 (The Effect of Integrating Cross-sectoral Collaboration With the Municipality in Multidisciplinary Treatment of Trauma-affected Refugees; a Randomised Controlled Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers.
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The Effect of Integrating Cross-sectoral Collaboration With the Municipality in Multidisciplinary Treatment of Trauma-affected Refugees; a Randomised Controlled Trial
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Network analysis of changes in post-migration stressors during treatment for refugees with PTSD.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Trial
- Identifying robust predictors of treatment response in trauma-affected refugees: Results from a randomised controlled trial.PloS one · 2025Trial
- Integrated mental health treatment and employment services for refugees with PTSD: randomised controlled trial.BJPsych open · 2026Article
- Changes to Refugee Mental Health During and After a Cross-Sector PTSD Intervention: A Qualitative Longitudinal Study About the Influence of Social Support, Life Events, and Agency.Culture, medicine and psychiatry · 2025Article
- The impact of Sudan armed conflict and coping strategies on the mental health of the older adult internally displaced persons in Darfur camps.BMC psychology · 2025Article
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThe complexity of past trauma and ongoing post-migration stressors challenges the existing mental health treatment for trauma-affected refugees. Therefore, interventions are needed to accommodate these complex challenges in mental health treatment. This study examines the effect of an add-on integrated care intervention compared to treatment as usual (TAU) for trauma-affected refugees in a randomised controlled trial (RCT).
methodsThe study is carried out at a Danish outpatient clinic and will include 197 treatment-seeking refugees with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who are unemployed and affiliated with municipal employment services. Mental health TAU comprises 10 sessions with a medical doctor (pharmacological treatment and psychoeducation) and 16-20 sessions with a psychologist (manual-based cognitive behavioural therapy) for a period of 8 to 12 months. The add-on intervention strengthens coordination between mental health treatment and employment interventions with three cross-sectoral collaborative meetings during the mental health treatment. The integrated care intervention draws attention to the bidirectional impact of mental health problems and post-migration stressors and focuses on cross-sectoral shared plans. The primary outcome is functioning, measured by WHODAS 2.0, the interviewer-administered 12-item version, with secondary outcomes measuring quality of life, mental health symptoms, and post-migration stressors. DISCUSSION: The RCT is novel in intervention design for trauma-affected refugees and will bring forward new perspectives and knowledge of integrated care interventions for trauma-affected refugees. The integrated care intervention is expected to reduce post-migration stressors that negatively affect the treatment of trauma-related mental health problems, thereby improving preconditions for enhanced treatment outcomes. The intervention builds on existing practices in the Danish healthcare and employment sectors, which ensures high scalability and sustainability for future practices.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04244864 , registered 28 January 2020. PROTOCOL VERSION: 17 September 2022, version 2.
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