Prevention of mental disorders in refugees. ACT (“Self-Help +”) vs. Enhanced Care as Usual. N=642. Acarturk, C., Uygun, E., Ilkkursun, Z., . . . Barbui, C. (2022). Effectiveness of a WHO self-help psychological intervention for preventing mental disorders among Syrian refugees in Turkey: A randomize
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This indexed entry references a 2022 randomized controlled trial by Acartürk et al. published in World Psychiatry, which evaluated the effectiveness of a WHO self-help psychological intervention for preventing mental disorders among Syrian refugees in Turkey. The study compared an ACT-based 'Self-Help +' approach against enhanced care as usual with a sample size of 642 participants. The provided text contains only bibliographic metadata and does not include the abstract or full content necessary to summarize specific findings or methodologies.
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- Ceren Acartürk (Koç University), Ersin Uygun (Istanbul Bilgi University), Zeynep İlkkurşun (Koç University), Kenneth Carswell (World Health Organization), Federico Tedeschi (Istanbul Bilgi University), Mine Batu (Istanbul Bilgi University), Sevde Eskici (Koç University), Gülşah Kurt (Koç University), Minna Anttila (University of Turku), Teresa Au (World Health Organization), Josef Baumgärtner (Medical University of Vienna), Rachel Churchill (University of York), Pim Cuijpers (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Thomas Becker (Universität Ulm), Markus Koesters (Universität Ulm), Tella Lantta (University of Turku), Michela Nosè (University of Verona), Giovanni Ostuzzi (University of Verona), Mariana Popa (University of Liverpool), Marianna Purgato (University of Verona), Marit Sijbrandij (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Giulia Turrini (University of Verona), Maritta Välimäki (University of Turku), Lauren Walker (University of York), Johannes Wancata (Medical University of Vienna)
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- 2022-01-11
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- green
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- 10.1002/wps.20939
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- 122
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@article{allodium:cebe8e6e7eb94ab9,
title = {Prevention of mental disorders in refugees. ACT (“Self-Help +”) vs. Enhanced Care as Usual. N=642. Acarturk, C., Uygun, E., Ilkkursun, Z., . . . Barbui, C. (2022). Effectiveness of a WHO self-help psychological intervention for preventing mental disorders among Syrian refugees in Turkey: A randomize},
author = {Ceren Acartürk and Ersin Uygun and Zeynep İlkkurşun and Kenneth Carswell and Federico Tedeschi and Mine Batu and Sevde Eskici and Gülşah Kurt and Minna Anttila and Teresa Au and Josef Baumgärtner and Rachel Churchill and Pim Cuijpers and Thomas Becker and Markus Koesters and Tella Lantta and Michela Nosè and Giovanni Ostuzzi and Mariana Popa and Marianna Purgato and Marit Sijbrandij and Giulia Turrini and Maritta Välimäki and Lauren Walker and Johannes Wancata},
year = {2022},
journal = {ACBS},
doi = {10.1002/wps.20939},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20939}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - Prevention of mental disorders in refugees. ACT (“Self-Help +”) vs. Enhanced Care as Usual. N=642. Acarturk, C., Uygun, E., Ilkkursun, Z., . . . Barbui, C. (2022). Effectiveness of a WHO self-help psychological intervention for preventing mental disorders among Syrian refugees in Turkey: A randomize AU - Acartürk, Ceren AU - Uygun, Ersin AU - İlkkurşun, Zeynep AU - Carswell, Kenneth AU - Tedeschi, Federico AU - Batu, Mine AU - Eskici, Sevde AU - Kurt, Gülşah AU - Anttila, Minna AU - Au, Teresa AU - Baumgärtner, Josef AU - Churchill, Rachel AU - Cuijpers, Pim AU - Becker, Thomas AU - Koesters, Markus AU - Lantta, Tella AU - Nosè, Michela AU - Ostuzzi, Giovanni AU - Popa, Mariana AU - Purgato, Marianna AU - Sijbrandij, Marit AU - Turrini, Giulia AU - Välimäki, Maritta AU - Walker, Lauren AU - Wancata, Johannes PY - 2022 PB - ACBS DO - 10.1002/wps.20939 UR - https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20939 ER -
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Acartürk, C., Uygun, E., İlkkurşun, Z., Carswell, K., Tedeschi, F., Batu, M., Eskici, S., Kurt, G., Anttila, M., Au, T., Baumgärtner, J., Churchill, R., Cuijpers, P., Becker, T., Koesters, M., Lantta, T., Nosè, M., Ostuzzi, G., Popa, M., Purgato, M., Sijbrandij, M., Turrini, G., Välimäki, M., Walker, L., & Wancata, J. (2022). Prevention of mental disorders in refugees. ACT (“Self-Help +”) vs. Enhanced Care as Usual. N=642. Acarturk, C., Uygun, E., Ilkkursun, Z., . . . Barbui, C. (2022). Effectiveness of a WHO self-help psychological intervention for preventing mental disorders among Syrian refugees in Turkey: A randomize. ACBS. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20939
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