Feasibility and acceptability of phone-delivered psychological therapy for refugee children and adolescents in a humanitarian setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Refugee children are at high risk of mental health problems but face barriers to accessing mental health services, a problem exacerbated by a shortage of mental health professionals. Having trained lay counsellors deliver therapy via telephone could overcome these barriers. This is the first study to explore feasibility and acceptability of telephone-delivered therapy with refugee children in a humanitarian setting.

Methods

An evidence-based intervention, Common Elements Treatment Approach, was adapted for telephone-delivery (t-CETA) and delivered by lay counsellors to Syrian refugee children in informal tented settlements in the Beqaa region of Lebanon. Following delivery of t-CETA, semi-structured interviews were conducted with counsellors (N = 3) and with child

SUBMITTER: McEwen FS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10787498 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature