Problem Management Plus and Alcohol (PM+A): A New Intervention to Address Alcohol Misuse and Psychological Distress Among Conflict-Affected Populations

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2021
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Fuhr, Daniela
Bogdanov, Sergiy
Tol, Wietse
Nadkarni, Abhijit
Roberts, Bayard
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Problem Management+ (PM+) is a transdiagnostic intervention and addresses symptoms across multiple common mental disorders. It does not yet include strategies to reduce alcohol misuse which is a considerable problem among conflict-affected men, and part of the comorbidity spectrum. In this commentary, we describe the need to address symptoms of common mental disorders and alcohol misuse among conflict-affected populations. We introduce the CHANGE project (Alcohol use in humanitarian settings: A programme of work to address alcohol use and associated adversities among conflict-affected populations in Uganda and Ukraine) which tries to fill the evidence gap in intervention research, and seeks to complement PM+ with components addressing alcohol misuse. The principal output of the CHANGE project will be a new intervention manual called PM+A which will be made available in an open access format.
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alcohol misuse, common mental disorders, conflict-affected populations, Problem Management Plus (PM+), transdiagnostic intervention, article
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Problem Management Plus and Alcohol (PM+A): A New Intervention to Address Alcohol Misuse and Psychological Distress Among Conflict-Affected Populations [electronic resource] / Daniela C. Fuhr, Sergey Bogdanov, Wietse A. Tol, Abhijit Nadkarni & Bayard Roberts // Intervention. - 2021. - Vol. 19, Issue 1. - P. 141-143.