NCT01155687

Psychosocial Counseling in Afghanistan

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 61 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Konstanz · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 14 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The assessment intends to investigate the efficacy of psychosocial counseling for the treatment of help seeking individuals with psychosocial problems in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. Treatment was administered by local counselors who had received specific education and training

Detailed description

Psychosocial stress due to conflict and war causes major mental health problems in many resource-poor countries, especially those coping with ongoing war-like conditions. There is a lack of intervention research in these population. The purpose of this assessment was to examine whether the type of psychosocial counseling developed by our group is effective in reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety and significantly increasing the quality of life of help-seeking Afghans.

Conditions

• Mental Health
• Stress

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-09-01
• Primary completion: 2010-07-01
• Completion: 2010-07-01
• First posted: 2010-07-02
• Last updated: 2011-08-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Afghanistan