A culturally adapted brief intervention for post-traumatic stress disorder in people with severe mental illness in Botswana: protocol for a randomised feasibility trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research consistently reports elevated rates of exposure to traumatic events and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in people with severe mental illness (SMI). PTSD may be adequately managed with psychotherapy; however, there is a gap when it comes to management in culturally diverse settings like Botswana. This paper describes a study protocol whose aim is to culturally adapt the BREATHE intervention, a brief psychological intervention for people living with comorbid PTSD and SMI that was developed and tested in the USA; assess the feasibility and acceptability of the adapted BREATHE intervention and explore its efficacy.

Methods

The study will be conducted in three phases using a mixed methods approach. The first phase will identify and describe the most comm

SUBMITTER: Molebatsi K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8414703 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature