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STARC-SUD – Adaptation of a Transdiagnostic Intervention for Refugees With Substance Use Disorders
BACKGROUND: Refugees often suffer from multiple mental health problems, which transdiagnostic interventions can address. STARC (Skills-Training of Affect Regulation – A Culture-sensitive Approach) is a culturally sensitive transdiagnostic group intervention that has been developed for refugees to im...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9670832/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36405673 http://dx.doi.org/10.32872/cpe.5329 |
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author | Lotzin, Annett Lindert, Jutta Koch, Theresa Liedl, Alexandra Schäfer, Ingo |
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description | BACKGROUND: Refugees often suffer from multiple mental health problems, which transdiagnostic interventions can address. STARC (Skills-Training of Affect Regulation – A Culture-sensitive Approach) is a culturally sensitive transdiagnostic group intervention that has been developed for refugees to improve affect regulation. In refugees with substance use disorders (SUD), the consideration of SUD-specific elements might improve the acceptance and effectiveness of such an intervention. We aimed to adapt the STARC program for refugees with SUD in a culturally sensitive way. METHOD: The conceptual framework of Heim and Kohrt (2019) was used to culturally sensitively adapt the STARC program to the needs of Syrian refugees with SUD. The results of five focus group discussions with refugees on cultural concepts of SUD and their treatment informed the adaption. An expert group suggested adaptions and decided by consensus on their implementation. Two pilot groups were conducted with the adapted STARC-SUD program. Interviews with the therapists of these pilot groups informed further adaption. RESULTS: The concepts related to SUD identified in focus groups and therapists’ interviews that differed from Western concepts were integrated into the STARC intervention. DISCUSSION: Further studies should assess the acceptance and effectiveness of the culturally sensitive STARC-SUD program for refugees with SUD. |
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spelling | pubmed-96708322022-11-17 STARC-SUD – Adaptation of a Transdiagnostic Intervention for Refugees With Substance Use Disorders Lotzin, Annett Lindert, Jutta Koch, Theresa Liedl, Alexandra Schäfer, Ingo Clin Psychol Eur Latest Developments BACKGROUND: Refugees often suffer from multiple mental health problems, which transdiagnostic interventions can address. STARC (Skills-Training of Affect Regulation – A Culture-sensitive Approach) is a culturally sensitive transdiagnostic group intervention that has been developed for refugees to improve affect regulation. In refugees with substance use disorders (SUD), the consideration of SUD-specific elements might improve the acceptance and effectiveness of such an intervention. We aimed to adapt the STARC program for refugees with SUD in a culturally sensitive way. METHOD: The conceptual framework of Heim and Kohrt (2019) was used to culturally sensitively adapt the STARC program to the needs of Syrian refugees with SUD. The results of five focus group discussions with refugees on cultural concepts of SUD and their treatment informed the adaption. An expert group suggested adaptions and decided by consensus on their implementation. Two pilot groups were conducted with the adapted STARC-SUD program. Interviews with the therapists of these pilot groups informed further adaption. RESULTS: The concepts related to SUD identified in focus groups and therapists’ interviews that differed from Western concepts were integrated into the STARC intervention. DISCUSSION: Further studies should assess the acceptance and effectiveness of the culturally sensitive STARC-SUD program for refugees with SUD. PsychOpen 2021-11-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9670832/ /pubmed/36405673 http://dx.doi.org/10.32872/cpe.5329 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Latest Developments Lotzin, Annett Lindert, Jutta Koch, Theresa Liedl, Alexandra Schäfer, Ingo STARC-SUD – Adaptation of a Transdiagnostic Intervention for Refugees With Substance Use Disorders |
title | STARC-SUD – Adaptation of a Transdiagnostic Intervention for Refugees With Substance Use Disorders |
title_full | STARC-SUD – Adaptation of a Transdiagnostic Intervention for Refugees With Substance Use Disorders |
title_fullStr | STARC-SUD – Adaptation of a Transdiagnostic Intervention for Refugees With Substance Use Disorders |
title_full_unstemmed | STARC-SUD – Adaptation of a Transdiagnostic Intervention for Refugees With Substance Use Disorders |
title_short | STARC-SUD – Adaptation of a Transdiagnostic Intervention for Refugees With Substance Use Disorders |
title_sort | starc-sud – adaptation of a transdiagnostic intervention for refugees with substance use disorders |
topic | Latest Developments |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9670832/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36405673 http://dx.doi.org/10.32872/cpe.5329 |
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