Developing culturally adapted Mental Health (MH) tools through a brief qualitative study on Mental Health and Psychosocial (MHPS) problems of people in Grozny, Chechnya, July-August 2014.
Year: 2015
Type: other
Abstract: This study aims to adapt internationally recognised Mental Health (MH) screening tools to the cultural context of Chechnya; using a brief qualitative study to identify locally relevant psychosocial problems and tasks/activities of daily living.The qualitative study was the basis to construct a culturally adapted assessment tool to measure MHPS and functioning according to local perceptions and expectations in Chechnya; This enriches the ability of our teams to understand and address MH problems and functioning in this population; The resulting tools are now being used in MSF’s MH outcomes evaluation study in Grozny, which is ongoing since November 2014.
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W2462995176