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

Summary: Background: Innovative solutions are required to provide mental health support at scale in low-resource humanitarian contexts. We aimed to assess the effectiveness of a facilitator-guided, group-based, self-help intervention (Self-Help Plus) to reduce psychological distress in female refug...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wietse A Tol, PhD, Marx R Leku, MA, Daniel P Lakin, PhD, Kenneth Carswell, DClinPsy, Jura Augustinavicius, PhD, Alex Adaku, MB ChB, Teresa M Au, PhD, Felicity L Brown, PhD, Richard A Bryant, PhD, Claudia Garcia-Moreno, MD, Rashelle J Musci, PhD, Peter Ventevogel, MD, Ross G White, PhD, Mark van Ommeren, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-02-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X19305042