ReviewGlobal mental health (Cambridge, England)2023
Scalable interventions for refugees.
Review in Global mental health (Cambridge, England), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
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- Efficacy of a World Health Organization-Guided Self-Help Intervention for Reducing Psychological Distress in Afghan Refugees: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mental health · 2026Trial
- Efficacy of a peer-delivered group psychological intervention to reduce psychological distress among university students in India: a randomised controlled trial using an active control condition.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Trial
- Effectiveness of group problem management plus in distressed Syrian refugees in Türkiye: a randomized controlled trial.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2024Trial
- Access to mental health and psychosocial support among migrants in transit in Colombia.SSM. Mental health · 2026Article
- A guided chatbot-based psychological intervention for psychologically distressed older adolescents and young adults: a randomised clinical trial in Jordan.NPJ digital medicine · 2026Article
- Barriers to access and unmet needs in mental health care for Venezuelan migrants in a southern border region of Colombia: The experiences of community workers.PLOS mental health · 2026Article
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- Longitudinal Associations Between Sources of Uncertainty and Mental Health Amongst Resettled Refugees During the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Facilitators and barriers to participation and scale-up of a non-specialist delivered psychological intervention for adolescents in low-resourced settings: a process evaluation.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Mental health trajectories and peer refugee helper engagement, among Afghan, Iranian and Syrian refugees and asylum seekers in Greece.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2025Article
- Context, implementation and mechanisms of impact of a stepped-care WHO psychological intervention for migrants with psychological distress.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2025Article
- Does Trauma Change the Way Individuals with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Deal with Positive Stimuli?Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- "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
- Network analytical investigation of relationships between symptoms of common mental disorders among refugees and asylum seekers in Türkiye.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2024Article
- Addressing challenges faced by young refugees in the Netherlands: Adapting problem management plus (PM+) with an emotional processing module.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Refugees experience a greater rate of common mental disorders relative to most other populations, and there remains a need to address these needs. However, most refugees are hosted in low-and-middle-income countries, where there is a lack of resources and mental health providers who can deliver mainstream mental health services. This situation has led to the emergence of scalable mental health interventions that can deliver evidence-based programs to refugees in need. Many countries hosting refugees have implemented programs that train local lay providers in interventions that can be delivered at scale. This review provides a narrative overview of these scalable interventions and critiques the evidence for their efficacy. It is noted that there are limitations to currently available scalable interventions, and there is a need for greater attention to determining the longer-term benefits of interventions, addressing the mental health needs of refugees who do not respond to these interventions, assisting refugees with more severe psychological disorders, and understanding the specific mechanisms that underpin observed benefits of these interventions.
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