Author (Year) | Intervention | Setting | Provider training/skill | ||
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Duration | Format | Delivery | |||
Acarturk et al. (2022) | 5 weeks; 5 sessions each 2Â h | Group | In-person | Refugee camps/city settlements | Trained peer non-specialist facilitators |
Ahmad et al. (2020) | 4 weeks; 15 sessions each 1.5Â h | Group | In-person | City settlement | Mental health and education researchers |
Aladdin & Hawamdeh (2021) | 14 weeks; 14 sessions each 45–50 min | Group | In-person | Elementary school hall | Skilled in CBT counselling |
Al-Dmour & Al-Safasfeh (2020) | 7 weeks; 14 sessions, twice/week and each for 60Â min | Group | In-person | School | Educational psychologist, special education researchers, counsellors |
Al-Refai et al. (2022) | 12 weeks; 12 sessions, over 3 months, with one session a week, each for 60Â min | Group | In-person | City settlement | Researchers with Islamic studies, Psychology and ICT background |
Al-Shahadat (2021) | 7 weeks; 14 sessions; two sessions/week, each 45–60 min | Group | In-person | School theatre hall | Family counselling skills |
Alsheikh Ali (2020) | 7 weeks; 2 sessions/week over 1.5 months | Group | In-person | City settlement | Licensed psychotherapist/clinical psychologist |
Blignault et al. (2019) | 5 weeks; Instructions to listen to 2–3 tracks at least 3 times a week over 4 weeks, and one track 3 times a week in the 5th week. 60 min/week | Individual | Compact disc | Home | Psychologist |
Blignault et al. (2021a) | 5 weeks; one session per week over five weeks | Group | In-person | NGO; Home | Psychologist supported by a bilingual multicultural health worker |
Blignault et al. (2021b) | 5 weeks; once a week over 5 weeks, most groups held in the morning and a couple in the evening | Group | In-person | Migrant resource centres and community facilities attached to mosques and churches; Home. | Psychologists and trained community workers |
Blignault et al. (2022) | 4Â weeks; session once a week for four weeks | Group | Online | Home | Bilingual (Arabic/English) mental health clinician (psychologist) and bilingual community worker |
Bryant et al. (2022a) Bryant et al. (2022b) | 5 weeks; 5 sessions, 2Â h | Group separated by gender | In-person | Refugee camp | Trained facilitators, proficient in Arabic |
Cuijpers et al. (2022) | 5–8 weeks; 5 sessions, 20 min (average) | Individual | Online | Home | Trained non-specialists (e-helpers) with psychology or health background. User contact via phone or message |
de Graaff et al. (2020) | 5weeks; 5Â weekly sessions, each 90Â min | Individual | In-person | Local NGO | Trained Arabic-speaking Syrian non-specialist peer-refugee helpers |
de Graaff et al. (2023) | 5 weeks; 5 sessions, 90Â min | Individual | In-person and online | University or home | Trained Arabic-speaking Syrian non-specialist peer-refugee helpers |
DePierro (2020) | Workshop condition: 8 weeks; 16 sessions 120Â min twice weekly Reading at Home condition: weekly program content review, twice weekly SMS text reminders | Workshop condition: Group Reading at Home condition: Individual | In-person and SMS | Refugee camp | Trained community facilitators, with personal experiences as refugees and life in refugee camps |
Doumit et al. (2020) | 7 weeks; one weekly session each 60Â min | Group | In-person | Community centre | Licensed instructor and therapist |
Feen-Calligan et al. (2023) | 10 weeks; 10 sessions for 5 months | Group | In-person and online | Museum; Home | Photography instructor, art therapy student interns, and their faculty supervisor, with support from the museum staff. Artistic and technical guidance via WhatsApp or Zoom |
Gordon et al. (2016) | 10 weeks; 10 sessions/week of 2Â h | Group | In-person | Health clinic | Mental health professionals and educators supervised by Centre for Mind-Body Medicine (CMBM) faculty |
Hasha et al. (2022) | 6 weeks; 2.5Â h weekly group sessions | Group separated by gender | In-person | The Centre for Crisis Psychology, University of Bergen | Research team members with prior experience working with refugees |
Husby et al. (2020) | [Weeks undetermined]; 9 sessions of 2Â h each | Group | In-person | Local (Danish) municipalities | Trainer of refugee background, social worker as co-trainer and an interpreter |
Ibrahim (2017) | 3 weeks; 6 sessions (2 sessions/week), each 45–60 min over 2 months | Individual | In-person | Not specified | Psychologist |
Kayrouz et al. (2015) | 8 weeks; 5 sessions | Individual | Online | Home | Bilingual counsellor and therapist Clinical support via email and phone |
Kayrouz et al. (2016) | 8 weeks; 5 sessions | Individual | Online | Home | Automated weekly emails. No direct contact or clinical support |
Lindegaard et al. (2020) | 8 weeks | Individual | Online | Home | Therapist support via email |
Lindegaard et al. (2021) | 8 weeks | Individual | Online | Home | Therapist support via email |
Mercy Corps (2020) | 13 weeks (approx.) for 3 months | Groups separated by gender | In-person | Community centres | Local volunteers, coaches and life-skill trainers with refugee background |
Nilsson et al. (2019) | [Weeks undetermined]; 1–2 h sessions | Groups separated by gender | In-person | NGO | Physiotherapists |
Panter-Brick et al. (2018) | 8 weeks; 16 sessions usually 2 sessions/week | Groups separated by gender and age | In-person | Youth centres | Lay volunteers/trained local coaches |
Powell et al. (2023) | [Weeks undetermined]; 4 sessions over a year, each 45Â min (approx.) | Group | In-person | Primary care clinic | Health educators and nurses from local health clinics |
Raknes (2020) | 10 weeks; 10 sessions weekly | Group | In-person (smartphone/tablet-based game app) | Refugee camp tents | Psychologist (displaced Syrian background) |
Rayes (2017) | 10 weeks | Group | In-person | Urban refugee camps | Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) team |
Röhr et al. (2021) | 4 weeks | Individual | Online (smartphone-based app) | Home | NA |
Skarneh & Ghaith (2020) | 8 weeks; 15 sessions over 2 months, each 90–120 min, twice per week | Group | In-person | Healthcare institute | Counsellors from the local community |
Slewa-Younan et al. (2020) | 4 weeks; 3Â h sessions weekly | Group | In-person | TAFE College, Adult Migrant English Program | Mental health clinicians and/or bilingual health educators |
Spaaij et al. (2022) | 5 weeks; Five 90-minute sessions once a week | Individual | In-person | Outpatient clinic | Trained Syrian non-specialist ‘helpers’ fluent in Arabic and German or English. |
Tashtoush and Khawaldeh (2020) | 7 weeks; 14 sessions, twice per week for 90Â min each | Group | In-person | School | Counsellor or educational psychologist familiar with the local community and culture |