Mental health professionals’ perspective on a brief transdiagnostic psychological intervention for Afghan asylum seekers and refugees

Figures & data

Table 1. Participants’ characteristics.

Gender (female), n (%)^a	24 (88.8)
Age (years), M (SD)^b	35.9 (14.4)
Mental health profession, n (%)^b
Clinical and health psychologist	21 (75.0)
Clinical and health psychologist, in training	1 (3.7)
Psychotherapist	6 (21.4)
Psychotherapist, in training	6 (21.4)
Psychiatrist	2 (7.1)
Psychiatrist, in training	1 (3.7)
Others	2 (7.1)
Years of professional experience, M (SD), range^c	10.4 (6.8),2–29
Percentage of current work with refugees/asylum seekers, M (SD), range^d	24.4 (31.6),1–100
Percentage of current work with people with migration background, M (SD), range^e	41.3 (24.5),6–91

Note: Total N = 29; ^an = 27; ^bn = 28; ^cn = 26; ^dn = 22; ^en = 23.

Table 2. Mental health professionals’ quantitative feedback on aPM+ (single choice).

Statements	Strongly agree	Agree	Undecided	Disagree	Strongly disagree	ρ^a
I find the webinars’ contents interesting	21 (72.4)	7 (24.1)	1 (3.5)	0	0	−.120
I would utilize aPM+ in my practical work	12 (41.4)	12 (41.4)	4 (13.8)	1 (3.5)	0	−.381

Note: N = 29. Data are shown as n (%). ^aSpearman’s rho, correlation with years of work experience with refugees; both values were not significant (p > .05).

Data availability statement

All relevant qualitative data are available in the supplementary materials (Table S1). All quantitative data are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.