Guided self-help to reduce psychological distress in South Sudanese female refugees in Uganda: a cluster randomised trial

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2020, Pages e254-e263

  Tol, Wietse A ^a,b   Leku, Marx R ^c   Lakin, Daniel P ^a   Carswell, Kenneth ^d   Augustinavicius, Jura ^a   Adaku, Alex ^c,e   Au, Teresa M ^d   Brown, Felicity L ^f   Bryant, Richard A ^g   Garcia Moreno, Claudia ^d   Musci, Rashelle J ^a   Ventevogel, Peter ^h   White, Ross G ⁱ   van Ommeren, Mark ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Peter C Alderman Program for Global Mental Health at HealthRight International   (United States)

^c WHO ^*  (Uganda)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e Arua Regional Referral Hospital   (Uganda)

^f War Child   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^h United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE AND ACTION QUESTIONNAIRE; ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HARVARD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; KESSLER 6; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MINDFULNESS MEDITATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELF HELP; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS MANAGEMENT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REFUGEE; SELF CARE; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REFUGEES; SELF CARE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85078047090     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30504-2     Document Type: Article

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