User-centered app adaptation of a low-intensity e-mental health intervention for Syrian refugees

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

By |2019-01-21T08:27:20+00:00January 21st, 2019|Comments Off on User-centered app adaptation of a low-intensity e-mental health intervention for Syrian refugees
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Further reading by STRENGTHS partners

Several STRENGTHS collaborators were involved in new publications that are relevant for the project: Mobile Angebote für Geflüchtete. PiD-Psychotherapie Article available in German only, describing E-Mental Health as an approach to support persons in areas with little access to mental health care. It also explains two projects regarding the WHO intervention “Step-by-Step”: a WHO and [...]

By |2019-01-21T08:23:10+00:00January 21st, 2019|Comments Off on Further reading by STRENGTHS partners
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Publications from the STRENGTHS project and other useful resources

Several STRENGTHS collaborators were involved in new publications that are relevant for the project: Le, L., Morina, N., Schnyder, U., Schick, M., Bryant, R. A., & Nickerson, A. (2018). The effects of perceived torture controllability on symptom severity of posttraumatic stress, depression and anger in refugees and asylum seekers: A path analysis. Psychiatry research, 264, 143-150. [...]

By |2018-10-12T07:27:38+00:00September 27th, 2018|Comments Off on Publications from the STRENGTHS project and other useful resources
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Strengthening mental health care systems

Strengthening mental health care systems for Syrian refugees in Europe and the Middle East: integrating scalable psychological interventions in eight countries The first article from the STRENGTHS project has been published in the European Journal of Psychotraumatology. The crisis in Syria has resulted in vast numbers of refugees seeking asylum in Syria’s neighbouring countries as [...]

By |2018-07-13T08:53:32+00:00November 15th, 2017|Comments Off on Strengthening mental health care systems
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STRENGTHS project blog post on Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics journal

The STRENGTHS project is featured in the blog of the Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics (GHEG) GHEG is an open access journal from Cambridge Journals. It offers open access publication combined with peer-review standards set by an international editorial board, all backed by Cambridge University Press and their commitment to quality. Scalable psychological interventions for Syrian Refugees [...]

By |2018-07-13T08:53:27+00:00October 11th, 2017|Comments Off on STRENGTHS project blog post on Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics journal
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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme Societal Challenges under Grant Agreement No 733337.

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