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Open AccessKonstanzer Modellprojekt für psychisch belastete Geflüchtete
Geflüchtete mit psychischen Störungen sind mit Zugangsbarrieren zum psychiatrisch-psychotherapeutische Versorgungssystem konfrontiert. Um diesen Barrieren zu begegnen, wurde im Landkreis Konstanz ein Modellpro...
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Open AccessReducing Khat use among Somalis living in Kenya: a controlled pilot study on the modified ASSIST-linked brief intervention delivered in the community
During recent decades, the consumption of the stimulant khat (catha edulis) has profoundly changed in countries around the Horn of Africa, and excessive use patterns have emerged—especially evident among displace...
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Open AccessThe efficacy of Narrative Exposure Therapy for Children (KIDNET) as a treatment for traumatized young refugees versus treatment as usual: update to the study protocol for the multi-center randomized controlled trial YOURTREAT
The trial YOURTREAT aims to compare the pragmatic, short-term psychotherapy Narrative Exposure Therapy for Children (KIDNET) with treatment as usual (TAU) for the treatment of young refugees in Germany. This u...
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Khat Addiction
Khat leaves are traditionally consumed in African and Arab countries around the Horn of Africa. The central and peripheral stimulant alkaloid cathinone (S-(-)-a-aminopropiophenone) is considered to be the main.....
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Comorbid psychopathology and everyday functioning in a brief intervention study to reduce khat use among Somalis living in Kenya: description of baseline multimorbidity, its effects of intervention and its moderation effects on substance use
Migration and khat use were found to correlate with high rates of psychopathology. In this paper we aimed for assessing baseline multimorbidity and its interactions with a Brief Intervention.
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Open AccessA brief intervention to improve exercising in patients with schizophrenia: a controlled pilot study with mental contrasting and implementation intentions (MCII)
Regular exercise can have positive effects on both the physical and mental health of individuals with schizophrenia. However, deficits in cognition, perception, affect, and volition make it especially difficul...
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Khat Addiction
Khat refers to the young and tender leaves and shoots of the khat tree (Catha edulis). It is an evergreen tree that can be found in the Abyssinian highlands, the Horn of Africa, Easte...
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Mental Health Problems Associated with the Use and Abuse of Khat (Catha edulis)
During the past decades khat use has become a frequent and frenetic, but unnoticed, phenomenon in a number of very poor countries in the world where its use is not controlled and where its economic importance ...
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Open AccessDropout among patients in qualified alcohol detoxification treatment: the effect of treatment motivation is moderated by Trauma Load
Motivation to change has been proposed as a prerequisite for behavioral change, although empirical results are contradictory. Traumatic experiences are frequently found amongst patients in alcohol treatment, b...
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Open AccessA pilot study on community-based outpatient treatment for patients with chronic psychotic disorders in Somalia: Change in symptoms, functioning and co-morbid khat use
In Low and Middle Income Countries, mental health services are often poorly developed due to the lack of resources and trained personnel. In order to overcome these challenges, new ways of care have been sugge...
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Psychological Rehabilitation of Ex-combatants in Non-Western, Post-conflict Settings
Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) programs are part of most international peace-building efforts and post-conflict interventions in develo** countries. Well over a million former combatant...
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Open AccessThe appropriateness of the treatment setting for the inpatient post-acute treatment of alcohol dependence disorders in Switzerland
In Switzerland, a total of 1'000 patients a year are treated for alcohol-dependence in specialized institutions. Though the current literature suggests favoring outpatient treatment, whether outpatient or inpa...
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Open AccessTrauma, poverty and mental health among Somali and Rwandese refugees living in an African refugee settlement – an epidemiological study
The aim of this study was to establish the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression among Rwandese and Somali refugees resident in a Ugandan refugee settlement, as a measure of the men...
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Open AccessAltered oscillatory brain dynamics after repeated traumatic stress
Repeated traumatic experiences, e.g. torture and war, lead to functional and structural cerebral changes, which should be detectable in cortical dynamics. Abnormal slow waves produced within circumscribed brai...
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Open AccessScreening for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among Somali ex-combatants: A validation study
In Somalia, a large number of active and former combatants are affected by psychological problems such as Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This disorder impairs their ability to re-integrate into civilian...
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Open AccessKhat use as risk factor for psychotic disorders: A cross-sectional and case-control study in Somalia
Little is known about the prevalence of khat-induced psychotic disorders in East African countries, where the chewing of khat leaves is common. Its main psycho-active component cathinone produces effects simil...
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Open AccessNarrative Exposure Therapy as a treatment for child war survivors with posttraumatic stress disorder: Two case reports and a pilot study in an African refugee settlement
Little data exists on the effectiveness of psychological interventions for children with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that has resulted from exposure to war or conflict-related violence, especially in ...
