A5089853578- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Legal, Health, Environmental and COVID-19 Challenges
- Healthcare Systems and Public Health
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Mental Health Research Topics
Ministry of Public Health
2020-2024
University of Lausanne
2022
University of Zurich
2022
Background Most displaced people with mental disorders in low- and middle-income countries do not receive effective care, their access to care has deteriorated during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Digital health interventions are scalable when digital is adequate, they can be safely delivered COVID-19 We examined whether a new WHO-guided intervention, Step-by-Step, which participants were supported by nonspecialist helper, was reducing depression among Lebanon. Methods...
Background Most people with mental disorders in communities exposed to adversity low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) do not receive effective care. Digital health interventions are scalable when digital access is adequate, can be safely delivered during the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective To examine effects of a new WHO-guided intervention, Step-by-Step, supported by non-specialist helper Lebanon, context concurring economic, humanitarian political crises, large industrial disaster...
E-mental health interventions may help to bridge the mental treatment gap. Evidence on their effectiveness is compelling in high-income countries. Not enough evidence has been generated use with communities affected by adversity low- and middle-income The World Health Organization (WHO), National Mental Programme (NMMP) at Ministry of Public (MoPH) Lebanon other partners have adapted a WHO intervention called Step-by-Step for Lebanese displaced people living Lebanon. minimally guided,...
Introduction Digital interventions are increasingly regarded as a potential solution for the inaccessibility of mental health treatment across low-and-middle-income settings, especially common disorders. Step-by-Step (SbS) is digital, guided self-help intervention depression found effective in two Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) Lebanon. For research implementation and further scale-up, this paper reports results qualitative evaluation SbS among Lebanese others displaced Syrians Methods...
Background The lack of availability evidence-based services for people exposed to adversity globally has led the development psychological interventions with features that will likely make them more scalable. evidence efficacy e-mental health from high-income countries is compelling, and use these could be a way increase coverage in low- middle-income countries. Step-by-Step brief (5-session) intervention proposed by World Health Organization as an innovative approach reducing suffering...
There is evidence from meta-analyses and systematic reviews that digital mental health interventions for depression, anxiety, stress-related disorders tend to be cost-effective. However, no such exists guided care in low middle-income countries (LMICs) facing humanitarian crises, where the needs are highest. Step-by-Step (SbS), a intervention disorders, proved effective Lebanese citizens war-affected Syrians residing Lebanon. Assessing cost-effectiveness of SbS crucial because Lebanon's...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> There is evidence from meta-analyses and systematic reviews that digital mental health interventions for depression, anxiety, stress-related disorders tend to be cost-effective. However, no such exists guided care in low middle-income countries (LMICs) facing humanitarian crises, where the needs are highest. Step-by-Step (SbS), a intervention disorders, proved effective Lebanese citizens war-affected Syrians residing Lebanon. Assessing cost-effectiveness of...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> The lack of availability evidence-based services for people exposed to adversity globally has led the development psychological interventions with features that will likely make them more scalable. evidence efficacy e-mental health from high-income countries is compelling, and use these could be a way increase coverage in low- middle-income countries. Step-by-Step brief (5-session) intervention proposed by World Health Organization as an innovative approach...