Publications by authors named "Lucy Miller-Suchet"
Integrated programs for common mental illnesses within primary care and community settings in Latin America: a scoping review of components and implementation strategies.
Lancet Reg Health Am
January 2025
Integrated programs for common mental illnesses are evidence-informed practices yet to be routinely implemented in Latin America. It synthesizes the literature on integrated programs for common mental illnesses (anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder) in Latin American primary care and community settings. It maps program components (the 'what') to the collaborative care model core components and implementation strategies (the 'how') to the Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change (ERIC) taxonomy.
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- Migrants and refugees often struggle with mental health issues but have limited access to proper services, prompting this study to explore ways to deliver psychological support in Colombia using a group intervention called gPM+.
- The study compared two training methods for nonspecialists delivering gPM+: one receiving support from a psychologist and the other from a trained nonspecialist, enrolling 128 distressed adult women in the process.
- Results showed higher attendance in the psychologist-supported group, but the trained nonspecialist group was more cost-effective and maintained fidelity in delivering the program, highlighting the potential for using community-based methods for mental health interventions.
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- Colombia is hosting a large number of Venezuelan refugees and migrants who are facing significant mental health challenges due to trauma and displacement, but existing mental health services in Colombia are inadequate to meet their needs.
- Group Problem Management Plus (Group PM+) is a scalable mental health intervention that could help address this gap by training community members to provide support, yet there is limited understanding of its effectiveness across different groups.
- A study involving 128 migrant and refugee women in northern Colombia found that those in more stable conditions benefited the most from Group PM+, and additional research is needed to explore other factors that impact the effectiveness of such psychological interventions.
Task Sharing and Remote Delivery of Brief Interpersonal Counseling for Venezuelan Migrants and Refugees Living in Peru during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed-Methods Pilot Study.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
January 2024
Refugees and migrants experience an elevated risk for mental health problems and face significant barriers to receiving services. Interpersonal counseling (IPC-3) is a three-session intervention that can be delivered by non-specialists to provide psychological support and facilitate referrals for individuals in need of specialized care. We piloted IPC-3 delivered remotely by eight Venezuelan refugee and migrant women living in Peru.
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