Culturally Adapted iCBT for Arabic-speaking Refugee and Migrant Youth With Common Mental Health Problems (RAHA)

Karolinska Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Marital Relationship; Depressive Symptoms; Resilience; Grief; Psychological Well-Being; Insomnia; Psychological Trauma; Anxiety; Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: Culturally Adapted iCBT

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06102096

KI-CNS-230918

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the current study is to explore whether culturally adapted internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy is effective in reducing the symptoms of various common mental health problems among Arabic-speaking refugee and migrant youth. We hypothesize that the symptoms of the psychological problems will significantly be reduced among youth who will receive iCBT compared to youth in the control group.

Enrollment: 125 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 15 to 29 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Between the ages of 15 and 29.
• A score above the cut-off 1.75 on HSCL-25
• Has a refugee or migrant background
• Has a good and stable internet connection
• Has access to a computer, a tablet or a smartphone
• Is fluent in reading and writing Arabic
• Has the ability to dedicate time to take part in the intervention for 6-10 weeks.

Exclusion criteria

• Is suffering from a severe mental illness, such as psychosis or severe depression.
• Is suffering from substance abuse
• Is undergoing a psychological treatment
• Has a high risk of suicide

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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125 participants in 2 patient groups

Active group

Experimental group

Description:

Tailored iCBT for mild to moderate common mental health problems over a period ranging from 6 to 10 weeks.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Culturally Adapted iCBT

Waiting-list

No Intervention group

Description:

control group