The effectiveness, mechanisms of change, and acceptability of Family Focused PsychoSocial Support (Family FPSS) for at-risk adolescents in Lebanon

American University of Beirut0 个研究点目标入组 351 人开始时间: 2021年11月5日最近更新: 2024年6月24日

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2022 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35436976/ (added 20/04/2022)

•1. A single- or dual-headed household with an adolescent aged 12-17 years (male and female)
•2. Identified as at-risk by the partner organisation
•3. Scoring above the cutoff on the Paediatric Symptom Scale for general psychological distress
•4. Gives assent and parental/legal guardian consent
•One target child will be identified per family for the assessments (if multiple children meet the criteria in one family, the child who has the highest PSC score will be selected as the index child). At-risk status will be established as part of usual screening processes for focused PSS and clinical assessment by facilitators in partner organizations, who will identify and refer potential participants. Medium-to-high risk is defined for this study as being ‘vulnerable to a protection risk but not high with imminent risk (i.e. without a current protection risk that would require immediate referral to case management).

•1. Participants will be excluded if they require immediate case management at the time of recruitment, or if they have severe psychiatric disturbance or risks requiring specialist mental health services (assessed by partner organisations as part of usual routine assessment and referral systems)
•2. Unaccompanied and separated minors, and children who are married, will not be included in the study, due to challenges with the legal consent of guardians
•3. Families engaged in case management or in immediate need of case management at the time of outreach, will not be included. This is because those in case management are likely to be receiving sufficient other services. If the need for case management arises during the program then families can be referred as usual and still receive the program

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