Lay-Led Intervention for War and Refugee Trauma: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The global refugee crisis disproportionately affects the Muslim world. Forced displacement often results in trauma-related mental health issues. Effective psychotherapy exists, but there are barriers to uptake by refugee groups as well as a lack of culturally appropriate interventions.

Objective

To examine the efficacy of a brief, lay-led, mosque-based intervention, Islamic Trauma Healing (ITH), adapting empirically supported cognitive behavioral principles to improve mental health and well-being.

Design, setting, and participants

In a randomized clinical trial, 101 participants received ITH or active assessment but delayed intervention (waiting list [WL]) in mosques and virtually in Seattle, Washington, and Columbus, Ohio, and were assessed through 12-week

SUBMITTER: Zoellner LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11423170 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature