Actively Recruiting

Phase Not Applicable
Age: 16Years - 25Years
All Genders
NCT06878092

Problem Management Plus With Emotional Processing (PM+EP) for Forcibly Displaced Youth

Led by Karolinska Institutet · Updated on 2025-07-01

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Participants Needed

1

Research Sites

69 weeks

Total Duration

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Sponsors

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Karolinska Institutet

Lead Sponsor

R

Rädda Barnen

Collaborating Sponsor

AI-Summary

What this Trial Is About

The goal of this feasibility randomized controlled trial is to learn about the feasibility and acceptability of scalable psychological interventions in Sweden. It will also allow for a preliminary exploration of a novel modular addition targeting traumatic stress to Problem Management Plus (PM+), an evidence-based transdiagnostic psychological intervention for psychological distress. The main question it aims to answer is whether PM+ and PM+ Emotion Processing (PM+EP) feasible and acceptable among forcibly displaced youth in Sweden? Participants will be randomized to receive PM+, PM+EP, or treatment as usual. The two intervention arms consist of a weekly session for six weeks. Assessments will collect data on a variety of psychological symptoms, wellbeing, and service use throughout the duration of the study. Assessments will take place at baseline, 1-week post-intervention, and 3-weeks post-intervention.

CONDITIONS

Official Title

Problem Management Plus With Emotional Processing (PM+EP) for Forcibly Displaced Youth

Who Can Participate

Age: 16Years - 25Years
All Genders

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible

You may qualify if you...

  • Youth aged 16 to 25 years who arrived in Sweden in 2015 or later due to forced displacement
  • Elevated psychological distress as shown by a Kessler-10 score over 15
  • Reduced psychosocial functioning with a WHODAS 2.0 score over 16
  • Assessment and intervention available in the participant's preferred language including Swedish
Not Eligible

You will not qualify if you...

  • Having an acute medical condition
  • Having imminent risk of suicide
  • Indications of psychotic disorders or substance dependence
  • Severe cognitive or neurological impairment
  • Currently receiving specialized mental health treatment
  • Recent changes in psychotropic medication dosage within the past two months

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Trial Site Locations

Total: 1 location

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Centrum för stöd och behandling

Stockholm, Sweden, 10788

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Research Team

A

Aemal Akhtar, PhD

CONTACT

How is the study designed?

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Masking

DOUBLE

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Model

PARALLEL

Primary Purpose

TREATMENT

Number of Arms

3

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