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Psychological Interventions to Improve Mental Health and Well-Being of Refugee Children living in Refugee Settlements
Wed, April 7, 1:10 to 2:40pm EDT (1:10 to 2:40pm EDT), VirtualSession Type: Paper Symposium
Abstract
The world is currently witnessing the highest levels of displacement with more than 65 million people forced from home. About 22.5 million of them are refugees and over half of them younger than 18 years. As well as having experienced traumatic war-related events, many refugees end up living in adverse and challenging conditions. It is well established that children exposed to war and displacement are at increased risk for the development of mental health problems that may hamper positive social-emotional development and many are in need of support and treatment. All four papers included in this symposium focus on the evaluation of psychological interventions aimed at improving the mental health and wellbeing of refugee children.
The first paper reports the evaluation of an established cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy that was adapted for delivery over telephone by trained lay counsellors in a small sample of Syrian refugee children in Lebanon. The second paper describes the results of a mixed-methods feasibility study aimed at evaluating the Early Adolescent Skills for Emotions intervention with a sample of 67 children in Lebanon. The third paper focuses on the evaluation of a classroom-based social-emotional learning program aimed at promoting social-emotional skills in a cluster-randomized controlled trial featuring a large sample of 4,289 Syrian refugee children across Lebanon. Finally, the fourth paper covers the first evaluation of a recently developed preventative intervention which aims to build resilience and strengthen psychological well-being, in a controlled mixed-methods pilot trial with 72 refugee children from three refugee camps in Lesvos, Greece.
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Phone-Delivered Psychological Treatment for Syrian Refugee Children in Lebanon - Presenting Author: Michael Pluess, Queen Mary University of London; Non-Presenting Author: Fiona S McEwen, Queen Mary University of London; Non-Presenting Author: Tania Bosqui, American University of Beirut; Non-Presenting Author: Nicolas Chehade; Non-Presenting Author: Stephanie Skavenski; Non-Presenting Author: Laura Murray, Johns Hopkins University; Non-Presenting Author: Hania El Khatib, McGill University; Non-Presenting Author: Kristin Hadfield, Trinity College Dublin; Non-Presenting Author: Patricia Moghames, Médecins du Monde, Lebanon; Non-Presenting Author: Paul Bolton, Johns Hopkins University; Non-Presenting Author: Roland Weierstall; Non-Presenting Author: Alaa Hijazi, American University of Beirut; Non-Presenting Author: Elie Karam, Institute for Development, Research, Advocacy and Applied Care
Mixed methods feasibility study of the Early Adolescent Skills for Emotions intervention in Lebanon - Presenting Author: Felicity Brown, War Child Holland; Non-Presenting Author: Mark J. D. Jordans, University of Amsterdam; Non-Presenting Author: Karine Taha, War Child; Non-Presenting Author: Frederik Steen, Other; Non-Presenting Author: May Aoun
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) with Syrian Refugee Children: Impacts of a SEL Curriculum in Lebanon - Presenting Author: Ha Yeon Kim, New York University; Non-Presenting Author: Lindsay Brown, New York University; Non-Presenting Author: Carly Tubbs, New York University; Non-Presenting Author: Jeannie Annan, International Rescue Committee; Non-Presenting Author: J. Lawrence Aber, New York University
Promoting wellbeing in refugee children: An exploratory controlled trial of a positive psychology intervention delivered in Greek refugee camps. - Presenting Author: Sevasti Foka, Queen Mary University of London; Non-Presenting Author: Kristin Hadfield, Trinity College Dublin; Non-Presenting Author: Michael Pluess, Queen Mary University of London; Non-Presenting Author: Isabelle Mareschal, Queen Mary University of London