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Filter by:Survivors of sexual violence are particularly vulnerable to develop psychological as well as physical health problems, Burundian children and adolescents being at elevated risk. Psychosocial care, and trauma-focused interventions, nevertheless, are near absent in Burundi. The purpose of this project is to ameliorate psychosocial care for survivors of sexual violence in strengthening health care competencies by implementing evidence-based intervention strategies. We intend to develop an approach identifying particularly vulnerable children and adolescents and testing a preventive family-oriented psychotherapeutic approach. The latter aims at reducing stigmatization and at promoting the processing of the event within families. The project involves two cohorts, which are assessed enrolling them in the study, during a three-months and a 12-months follow-up.
This study aims to verify the effectiveness of the mindfulness-based elder care (MBEC) therapy developed by McBee (2008) in improving the psychological and spiritual well-being of seniors with disabilities living in residential long-term care institutions in Taiwan.
The Chinese American Family Caregiver Writing Study is a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) testing the efficacy of the Expressive Helping (EH) intervention among Chinese Americans who are providing care for family members undergoing cancer treatment.
This protocol delineates a randomized controlled trial for evaluating the implementation and clinical effectiveness of Assecet, a digital peer support intervention for youth mental well-being, which comprises two components. The digital peer support training curriculum aims to equip youth befrienders (i.e., peers who provide support) with knowledge and skills in harnessing four active ingredients of youth mental well-being-specifically, Mattering, selfhood, compassion, and mindfulness, in providing effective peer support for seekers (peers who seek support). The Acceset intervention that involves three components-digital biomarkers of psychological well-being, peer emotional disclosure process and community engagement.
Teachers in Hong Kong are susceptible to professional stress and its associated psychosomatic illnesses. To enhance teachers' well-being, mindfulness training is conducted in local schools. The present study is a randomized controlled trial to investigate 1) the effects of mindfulness training on teachers' well-being (i.e. general health, positive affect, stress, negative affect); 2) whether decentering strategy (vs. cognitive reappraisal strategy) is nurtured by mindfulness practice; and 3) whether decentering instead of cognitive reappraisal is the mediator that explains the impact of mindfulness on well-being. Participants will be randomized to either intervention (8-week .b Foundations course) or waiting-list control condition.
Teachers in Hong Kong are susceptible to professional stress and its associated psychosomatic illnesses. To enhance teachers' well-being, mindfulness training is conducted in local schools. The present study is a randomized controlled trial to explore 1) the relationship between mindfulness, common humanity, self-compassion, compassion, and well-being of school teachers; 2) whether mindfulness and common humanity are the antecedents of self-compassion and compassion; 3) the conditions under which compassion and self-compassion are highly correlated. Participants will be randomized to either intervention (8-week .b Foundations course) or waiting-list control condition. They will complete an online survey before (baseline), after (post-intervention), and two-months (follow-up) after the intervention.
The goal of this project is to improve school-based services by developing and testing an online training and consultation system to facilitate the use of measurement-based care (also known and referenced in original grant as routine outcome monitoring). Measurement-based care (MBC) is the target intervention because it is an EBP with extensive empirical support for its ability to improve mental health service outcomes and is a feasible and cost-effective option. Following the iterative development of the BOLT training and consultation package (phases 1-4), the investigators will conduct a randomized control pilot trial (phase 5) to test the (1) impact of the package on MBC knowledge, attitudes and use, (2) impact of varying degrees of consultation dosage on weekly assessments of MBC use, and (3) moderators and mechanisms of impact.
We will evaluate a transdiagnostic digital emotion regulation treatment for youth with mental health problems.
Adolescents represent a growing share of people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), yet show poor adherence to medication and viral suppression (VS) compared to adults. Investigators postulate that to achieve optimal adherence, support interventions that resonate with life-stages changes in adolescence need to be tested and promoted. Mindfulness and acceptance based interventions are slowly gaining traction as appropriate for adolescents. The study proposes to explore acceptability of an adapted mindfulness and acceptance-based psychosocial intervention (acceptance and commitment therapy: Discoverer, Noticer, Advisor-values model-ACT-DNA-v), among providers (health care practitioners -HCPs) and users (adolescents living with HIV/AIDS-ALWHA). Further, it endeavors to measure feasibility and effectiveness of ACT-DNA-v in reducing psychological barriers to adherence among ALWHAs. The study is to be conducted at two public health centers in Kampala-Uganda. The study design is exploratory sequential mixed-methods; where qualitative data is to be used to explore acceptance of ACT-DNA-v, while quantitative data will be used to measure feasibility of the intervention and its effectiveness in reducing psychosocial barriers to adherence. Qualitative exploratory methods will guide exploration of acceptability of ACT-DNA-v among users and providers; collecting data with a semi-structured interview on domains of inquiry including; understanding, satisfaction, intention to use and perceived appropriateness of ACT-DNA-v. A randomized control trial with quantitative surveys at baseline, post-intervention and follow-up will used to measure the effects of the intervention on process and clinical outcomes among ALWHA. Thematic data analysis will be used to analyze qualitative data, while T-test, Wilcoxon rank sum test, Fisher's exact and Chi-square tests respectively will be used to ascertain average mean differences between the ACT group and the control group on the outcome parameters.
In the last decade, research on social media and mental health has produced mixed results. Overall, the current findings suggest that the negative effects on mental health are exacerbated by longer and more frequent social media usage, whereas the positive effects are bolstered when social media is used to connect with other people. With the largest number of global users, Facebook is the most frequently studied social media network. Over the past few years, the increasing concerns about the risks associated with Facebook have even translated to wider pop culture conversations, as exemplified by the 2020 documentary The Social Dilemma. In response, Facebook has rolled out a series of features supposed to mitigate these risks and encourage responsible social media usage. These features include activity trackers and reminders, unfollow and snooze buttons, and data sharing regulators. Currently, there is no research done to address whether (1) these features are used at all, and (2) whether they are successful in moderating the negative mental health consequences of Facebook usage. This study seeks to address the gap in literature through a survey done on the crowdsourcing platform Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk).