Mindfulness-SOS for Refugees
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Stress Related Disorder
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic focused on measuring Forcibly Displaced Persons, Post-Migration Stress, Trauma, Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Online Mental Health Intervention Program, Mindfulness, Compassion, Treatment Adherence
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: East African refugee or asylum seeker living in Israel Tigrinya fluency and literacy Owns a personal smartphone Exclusion Criteria: Active suicidal ideation or/and past suicide attempt in the last year or/and passive suicidal ideation with clinical indicators of imminent suicide risk (e.g. severe paranoia) Current mental health treatment (i.e. psychotherapy or/and group therapy at least twice a month) Participation in the MBTR-R group in a previous study
Sites / Locations
- Central Bus StationRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Mindfulness-SOS
Waitlist-Control
Mindfulness-SOS for Refugees is a brief internet-based mobile-supported intervention program which is a mobile health adaptation of MBTR-R, mindfulness- and compassion-based, trauma-sensitive, and socio-culturally adapted group intervention program designed for FDPs. Mindfulness-SOS for Refugees entails 8 brief sessions and 9 mindfulness meditation practice exercises - delivered via audio recordings using participants' smartphones. Mid-intervention, 3-weeks following randomization, all participants will be re-assessed. Participants initially randomized to MG-Mindfulness-SOS will be identified as either responders or non-responders. Responders will be assigned to continue MG-Mindfulness-SOS. Non-responders will be re-randomized to either Intensified-Guidance Mindfulness-SOS (IG-Mindfulness-SOS), an adaptive intervention sequence condition, or to continue with the MG-Mindfulness-SOS, a non-adaptive intervention sequence condition.
Following the 7-week waitlist period and another assessment, participants randomized to waitlist-control will be assigned to Minimally-Guided Mindfulness-SOS (MG-Mindfulness-SOS) and then re-assessed following 3-weeks and, as described above, assigned to either continue in the MG-Mindfulness-SOS group or to move to the Intensified-Guidance Mindfulness-SOS (IG-Mindfulness-SOS).