Effectiveness of YCMAP (youth culturally adapted manual assisted problem solving) intervention in adolescents after self-harm in Pakistan: multicentre, randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the clinical effectiveness of the YCMAP intervention (Youth Culturally Adapted Manual Assisted Problem Solving) for adolescents after self-harm in Pakistan.

Design

Multicentre, randomised controlled trial that compared YCMAP with enhanced treatment as usual.

Settings

General practices, emergency departments, medical wards of participating hospitals, and community centres across Karachi, Hyderabad, Lahore, Multan, and Rawalpindi.

Participants

Adolescents with a recent history of self-harm identified at participating health centres by treating physicians between 5 November 2019 and 31 August 2021.

Intervention

The YCMAP group received up to 10 treatment sessions over three months; the intervention was based on the principles of cognit

SUBMITTER: Husain N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12426884 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature