mental distress, defined as GHQ-28 score of 5 or higher
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: The intervention (the so-called "Tea Garden", TG) consists of two 90 minute sessions one week apart. The TG is characterised by two major topics: First, psychoeducation aims to increase knowl
Sponsors
Philipps-University of Marburg, Dept. of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) asylum seeker with a maximal duration of stay in Germany of 36 months 2) 5 or more points in the General Health Questionnaire 28 GHQ-28 3) aged above 18 years 4) providing informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) concurrent psychotherapy 2) acute manic or psychotic symptoms 3) acute suicidality
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Assessment: Increase in knowledge about symptoms of mental disorders, mental health care offered in Germany, and individual resilience and coping strategies Inventory: Updated version of a questionnaire developed by our workgroup. It consists of three items on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 0 (know nothing) to 4 (know very much) (Demir et al., 2016). Assessment Points: before the intervention (pre), after the end of the intervention (post), 2 months post intervention (FU1), 6 months post intervention (FU2) Ref.: Demir, S., Reich, H., & Mewes, R. (2016). Psychologische Erstbetreuung für Asylsuchende. Entwicklung und erste Erfahrungen mit einer Gruppenpsychoedukation für Geflüchtete. [Psychological first aid for asylum seekers: Development and evaluation of psychoeducation for refugees]. Psychotherapeutenjournal, 2/2016, 124-131. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1) General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28; Goldberg, 1978; Goldberg et al., 1997; Ormel, Koeter, van den Brink, & Giel, 1989) - screening before randomization; pre (pre-intervention); post (post-intervention); FU1 (2-months-post-intervention); FU2 (6-months-post-intervention) 2) Attitudes Toward Seeking Mental Health Services (ATSMHS; Mackenzie, Knox, Gekoski, & Macaulay, 2004) - pre (pre-intervention); post (post-intervention); FU1 (2-months-post-intervention); FU2 (6-months-post-intervention) 3) Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC; Connor & Davidson, 2003) - pre (pre-intervention); post (post-intervention); FU1 (2-months-post-intervention); FU2 (6-months-post-intervention) 4) Euroqol-5D (EQ-5D, Germany; Williams, 1990; www.euroqol.org) - pre (pre-intervention); post (post-intervention); FU1 (2-months-post-intervention); FU2 (6-months-post-intervention) 5) Client Sociodemographic and Service Receipt Inventory (CSSRI; Roick et al., 2001) - pre (pre-intervention); post (post-intervention); FU1 (2-months-post-intervention); FU2 (6-months-post-intervention) 6) Post-Migration Living Difficulties (PMLD; Silove et al. 1998) - pre (pre-intervention); post (post-intervention); FU1 (2-months-post-intervention); FU2 (6-months-post-intervention) 7) Expectations about the intervention (4 items, self-developed) - pre (pre-intervention) ///---Control variables 1) Sociodemografic information (28 items, self-developed) - pre (pre-intervention) 2) Adverse Events: Appetitive and Facilitative Aggression Scale (AFAS; Weierstall & Elbert, 2011) - pre (pre-intervention); post (post-intervention); FU1 (2-months-post-intervention); FU2 (6-months-post-intervention) /// References: Goldberg, D. (1978). Manual of the General Health Questionnaire. Windsor: NFER-Nelson. Goldberg, D. P., Gater, R., Sartorius, N., Ustun, T. B., Piccinelli, M., Gureje, O., & Rutter, C. (1997). The validity of two versions of the GHQ in the WHO study of mental illness in general | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactCornelia Weise
Philipps-University of Marburg, Dept. of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
Outcome results
None listed