Mental disorder prevention in refugees. ACT self-help vs. Enhanced TAU. N=459. Purgato, M., Carswell, K., Tedeschi, F., Acarturk, C., Anttila, M., Au, T., Bajbouj, M., Baumgartner, J., Biondi, M., Churchill, R., Cuijpers, P., Koesters, M., Gastaldon, C., Ilkkursun, Z., Lantta, T., Nosè, M., Ostuzzi,
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This indexed entry references a 2021 multinational randomized controlled trial by Purgato et al., published in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, which compares Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) self-help against enhanced treatment as usual for mental disorder prevention in refugees and asylum seekers. The study included 459 participants and was conducted across Western Europe. The provided text contains only bibliographic metadata and does not include the abstract or findings necessary to summarize the resource's content or outcomes.
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- Marianna Purgato (University of Verona), Kenneth Carswell (World Health Organization), Federico Tedeschi (University of Verona), Ceren Acartürk (Koç University), Minna Anttila (University of Turku), Teresa Au (World Health Organization), Malek Bajbouj (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin), Josef Baumgärtner (Medical University of Vienna), Massimo Biondi (Sapienza University of Rome), Rachel Churchill (University of York), Pim Cuijpers (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Markus Koesters (Universität Ulm), Chiara Gastaldon (University of Verona), Zeynep İlkkurşun (Koç University), Tella Lantta (University of Turku), Michela Nosè (University of Verona), Giovanni Ostuzzi (University of Verona), Davide Papola (University of Verona), Mariana Popa (University of Liverpool), Valentina Roselli (Sapienza University of Rome), Marit Sijbrandij (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Lorenzo Tarsitani (Sapienza University of Rome), Giulia Turrini (University of Verona), Maritta Välimäki (University of Turku), Lauren Walker (University of York)
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- 2021-01-01
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- 10.1159/000517504
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@article{allodium:acc766c7263d40f8,
title = {Mental disorder prevention in refugees. ACT self-help vs. Enhanced TAU. N=459. Purgato, M., Carswell, K., Tedeschi, F., Acarturk, C., Anttila, M., Au, T., Bajbouj, M., Baumgartner, J., Biondi, M., Churchill, R., Cuijpers, P., Koesters, M., Gastaldon, C., Ilkkursun, Z., Lantta, T., Nosè, M., Ostuzzi,},
author = {Marianna Purgato and Kenneth Carswell and Federico Tedeschi and Ceren Acartürk and Minna Anttila and Teresa Au and Malek Bajbouj and Josef Baumgärtner and Massimo Biondi and Rachel Churchill and Pim Cuijpers and Markus Koesters and Chiara Gastaldon and Zeynep İlkkurşun and Tella Lantta and Michela Nosè and Giovanni Ostuzzi and Davide Papola and Mariana Popa and Valentina Roselli and Marit Sijbrandij and Lorenzo Tarsitani and Giulia Turrini and Maritta Välimäki and Lauren Walker},
year = {2021},
journal = {ACBS},
doi = {10.1159/000517504},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1159/000517504}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - Mental disorder prevention in refugees. ACT self-help vs. Enhanced TAU. N=459. Purgato, M., Carswell, K., Tedeschi, F., Acarturk, C., Anttila, M., Au, T., Bajbouj, M., Baumgartner, J., Biondi, M., Churchill, R., Cuijpers, P., Koesters, M., Gastaldon, C., Ilkkursun, Z., Lantta, T., Nosè, M., Ostuzzi, AU - Purgato, Marianna AU - Carswell, Kenneth AU - Tedeschi, Federico AU - Acartürk, Ceren AU - Anttila, Minna AU - Au, Teresa AU - Bajbouj, Malek AU - Baumgärtner, Josef AU - Biondi, Massimo AU - Churchill, Rachel AU - Cuijpers, Pim AU - Koesters, Markus AU - Gastaldon, Chiara AU - İlkkurşun, Zeynep AU - Lantta, Tella AU - Nosè, Michela AU - Ostuzzi, Giovanni AU - Papola, Davide AU - Popa, Mariana AU - Roselli, Valentina AU - Sijbrandij, Marit AU - Tarsitani, Lorenzo AU - Turrini, Giulia AU - Välimäki, Maritta AU - Walker, Lauren PY - 2021 PB - ACBS DO - 10.1159/000517504 UR - https://doi.org/10.1159/000517504 ER -
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Purgato, M., Carswell, K., Tedeschi, F., Acartürk, C., Anttila, M., Au, T., Bajbouj, M., Baumgärtner, J., Biondi, M., Churchill, R., Cuijpers, P., Koesters, M., Gastaldon, C., İlkkurşun, Z., Lantta, T., Nosè, M., Ostuzzi, G., Papola, D., Popa, M., Roselli, V., Sijbrandij, M., Tarsitani, L., Turrini, G., Välimäki, M., & Walker, L. (2021). Mental disorder prevention in refugees. ACT self-help vs. Enhanced TAU. N=459. Purgato, M., Carswell, K., Tedeschi, F., Acarturk, C., Anttila, M., Au, T., Bajbouj, M., Baumgartner, J., Biondi, M., Churchill, R., Cuijpers, P., Koesters, M., Gastaldon, C., Ilkkursun, Z., Lantta, T., Nosè, M., Ostuzzi,. ACBS. https://doi.org/10.1159/000517504
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