Problem Management Plus With Emotional Processing (PM+EP) for Forcibly Displaced Youth
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Conditions studied: Psychological Distress, Traumatic Stress
In brief
The goal of this feasibility randomized controlled trial is to learn about the feasibility and acceptability of scalable psychological interventions in Sweden. It will also allow for a preliminary exploration of a novel modular addition targeting traumatic stress to Problem Management Plus (PM+), an evidence-based transdiagnostic psychological intervention for psychological distress. The main question it aims to answer is whether PM+ and PM+ Emotion Processing (PM+EP) feasible and acceptable among forcibly displaced youth in Sweden? Participants will be randomized to receive PM+, PM+EP, or treatment as usual. The two intervention arms consist of a weekly session for six weeks. Assessments will collect data on a variety of psychological symptoms, wellbeing, and service use throughout the duration of the study. Assessments will take place at baseline, 1-week post-intervention, and 3-weeks post-intervention.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT06878092
- Run by
- Karolinska Institutet
- People needed
- 60
- Starts
- 2024-06-01
- Expected to finish
- 2025-10-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-07-01
Who can join
Age: 16 and older, up to 25. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- 16 to 25 year old youth who arrived in Sweden in 2015 or later due to being forcibly displaced;
- Elevated levels of psychological distress as determined through the Kessler-10 psychological distress scale (K10; K10 > 15);
- Reduced levels of psychosocial functioning as measured by the WHO Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS 2.0; WHODAS 2.0 > 16);
- Assessment and manual are available in their preferred language, including Swedish.
You may not qualify if…
- An acute medical condition;
- Imminent suicide risk;
- Indication of psychotic disorders and substance-dependence;
- Indication of severe cognitive or neurological impairment;
- Receiving specialized mental health treatment;
- In case of current psychotropic medication used: change in dosage during the past two months.
Where it is running
- Centrum för stöd och behandling — Stockholm, Sweden (enrolling)
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