Building Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Capacity During a Pandemic: The Process of Adapting Problem Management Plus for Remote Training and Implementation During COVID-19 in New York City, Europe and East Africa

McBride, Kelly A.; Harrison, Sarah; Mahata, Sudeshna; Pfeffer, Kendall A.; Cardamone, Francesca; Ngigi, Teresa; Kohrt, Brandon A.; Pedersen, Gloria A.; Greene, Claire; Viljoen, Darryll; Muneghina, Orso

doi:10.4103/intv.intv_30_20

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“…Non‐specialists included community health workers and bachelor and master students (nursing, public health, social work, counselling) who participated in either a 3‐day remote training in foundational helping skills (e.g. communication skills, empathy, goal setting, promoting hope for change), of which are core to any mental health, psychological or psychosocial support (George Washington University, 2020; Pedersen et al, 2020; Watts et al, 2021); or, in a 10‐day remote training in the World Health Organization's (WHO) low‐intensity manualized psychological intervention, Problem Management Plus (PM+), aimed to support distressed adults affected by adversity (McBride et al, 2021; World Health Organization, 2016).…”

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“…This included expanding mental health task‐sharing models, wherein non‐specialists (e.g. primary care workers, community workers, teachers, family members and peers) are trained and supervised to deliver brief psychological support remotely (Francis et al, 2020; Joshi et al, 2022; Kola, Kohrt, Hanlon, et al, 2021; McBride et al, 2021; Rahman et al, 2020; Wainberg et al, 2020, 2021).…”

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Practitioners' perspectives on preparing for and delivering remote psychological support in Nepal, Perú and the United States during COVID‐19

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IntroductionThe COVID‐19 pandemic has propelled a global paradigm shift in how psychological support is delivered. Remote delivery, through phone and video calls, is now commonplace around the world. However, most adoption of remote delivery methods is occurring without any formal training to ensure safe and effective care.ObjectiveThe purpose of this applied qualitative study was to determine practitioners' experiences of rapidly adapting to deliver psychological support remotely during COVID‐19.DesignWe used a pragmatic paradigm and applied approach to gain perspectives related to the feasibility and perceived usefulness of synchronous remote psychological support, including views on how practitioners can be prepared.MethodsKey informant interviews were conducted remotely with 27 specialist and non‐specialist practitioners in Nepal, Perú and the USA. Interviewees were identified through purposeful sampling. Data were analysed using framework analysis.ResultsRespondents revealed three key themes: (i) Remote delivery of psychological support raises unique safety concerns and interference with care, (ii) Remote delivery enhances skills and expands opportunities for delivery of psychological support to new populations, and (iii) New training approaches are needed to prepare specialist and non‐specialist practitioners to deliver psychological support remotely.ConclusionsRemote psychological support is feasible and useful for practitioners, including non‐specialists, in diverse global settings. Simulated remote role plays may be a scalable method for ensuring competency in safe and effective remotely‐delivered care.

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Practitioners' perspectives on preparing for and delivering remote psychological support in Nepal, Perú and the United States during COVID‐19

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Learning at the Borders: How an Experiential Learning Course in Bern, Switzerland, Transformed Undergraduate Learning About Memory, Mental Health, and Displacement

Elias

2023

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Migration journeys, especially in the context of forced migration, are often associated with exposure to high levels of stress, adversity, and unstable conditions. Displacement from one’s home often significantly affects one’s sense of self-identity and life story, and is accompanied by a rupture from many of those things—materials, spaces, relationships—that provide perspective, insights, and a sense of self-continuity. In addition to objects and spaces, self-identities are also constructed from cognitive processes, which give rise to internal representations and beliefs of where we come from, who we are today, and where we might be going in the future. These representations emerge in part from memories accumulated throughout one’s life.

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Stress, PTSD, and COVID-19: the Utility of Disaster Mental Health Interventions During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Watson

2022

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Purpose of review In the context of an ongoing, highly uncertain pandemic, disaster mental health measures can increase community capacity for resilience and well-being, support formal mental health treatment, and help address the risk for mental health reactions in high-stress occupations. The purpose of this review is to summarize the literature on disaster mental health interventions that have been helpful both prior to and during the pandemic in a broad range of applications, including for use with high-stress occupations in an effort to mitigate risk for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental health sequelae. Recent findings Evidence-based and evidence-informed disaster mental health interventions, frameworks, and treatments have been studied in pilot studies, non-randomized trials, and randomized clinical trials prior to and in the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic. The studies have demonstrated feasibility and acceptability of these modalities and improved perceived support, as well as significant reductions in distress, and mental health symptoms such as depression, anxiety, and PTSD. Summary A disaster mental health approach to the COVID-19 pandemic can generate opportunities for prevention and support at multiple levels with timely interventions tailored for different concerns, cultures, and available resources.

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Building Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Capacity During a Pandemic: The Process of Adapting Problem Management Plus for Remote Training and Implementation During COVID-19 in New York City, Europe and East Africa

Cited by 14 publications

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Practitioners' perspectives on preparing for and delivering remote psychological support in Nepal, Perú and the United States during COVID‐19

Practitioners' perspectives on preparing for and delivering remote psychological support in Nepal, Perú and the United States during COVID‐19

Learning at the Borders: How an Experiential Learning Course in Bern, Switzerland, Transformed Undergraduate Learning About Memory, Mental Health, and Displacement

Stress, PTSD, and COVID-19: the Utility of Disaster Mental Health Interventions During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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