Webinar: Problem Management Plus (PM+) for Ukrainian Refugee Response The IFRC PS Centre and the STRENGTHS project recently co-hosted a webinar on Problem Management Plus (PM+) for displaced Ukrainians. Professionals implementing PM+ in Ukraine and Europe gathered to discuss lessons learned from implementing PM+ in Ukraine, as well as potential applications of PM+ and scalability [...]
By Marit Sijbrandij, overall coordinator of STRENGTHS Dear all, We have exciting news to share with you regarding the STRENGTHS project. Despite the pandemic, which has restricted some of our activities, we have made important progress across many of the STRENGTHS subprojects. The end phase Almost all research projects are in their end phase or [...]
Community of Practice for PM+ Michalis Lavdas, national consultant at Terre des Hommes Greece for Problem Management Plus (PM+), interviewed STRENGTHS member Martha Bird (IFRC). In this online conversation she eleborates more on the Community of Practice for PM+. Watch the interview in the recording below. On the CoP website you can also find the recordings of other past [...]
The trials on the smartphone-based Step-by-Step intervention are well on the way, which calls for an update from WP6. They are in the middle of an intense recruitment period, with each country at a different phase. Successful recruitment in Egypt In Egypt, recruitment has gone well after subcontracting Caritas to carry out the recruitment locally, and the [...]
Journal of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Conflict Affected Areas Call for papers on Problem Management Plus Deadline for submissions: 30th September 2020 Intervention plans to devote a special section on Problem Management Plus (PM+) and related interventions in the February 2021 issue, accompanied by webinars for practitioners. We are seeking to increase awareness [...]
Source: this is an English translation of the article ‘In het kamp kan iedereen bij Selo zijn verhaal kwijt’ by Marieke Buijs, that was published in the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad on 4 May 2020. The newspaper, the author and the photographer gave kind permission to publish this translation. Marieke Buijs Humanitarian aid: [...]
The world is in the midst of a refugee crisis. The latest figures from the United Nations Refugee Agency show that there are 70.8 million people globally who have been forcibly displaced from their homes, including nearly 26 million refugees, the highest number on record. It estimates that 2018 alone saw an additional 2.8 million new refugees [...]
MHPSS for young adolescents in vulnerable communities in Lebanon The STRENGTHS project is researching different psychosocial support programs for Syrian refugees. STRENGTHS partner War Child is testing the Early Adolescent Skills for Emotions (EASE) program which is focused on children and adolescents. Originally meant as a child version of PM+, EASE was developed following a [...]
Problem Management Plus (PM+): WHOs scalable psychological programmes for psychological distress in humanitarian settings (Half Day) Barbara Kieft and Naser Morina facilitate a workshop at ESTSS 2019 To bridge the gap between the need for mental health care and the limited number of mental health care specialists in low and middle income countries, the World [...]
Open access article describing the development of the mobile mental health intervention of STRENGTHS called Step-by-Step: Burchert, Sebastian, Mohammed Salem Alkneme, Martha Bird, Kenneth Carswell, Pim Cuijpers, Pernille Hansen, Eva Heim et al. "User-centered app adaptation of a low-intensity e-mental health intervention for Syrian refugees." Frontiers in Psychiatry 9 (2018): 663. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00663/abstract