<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">McBain, R. K.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Salhi, C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hann, K.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kellie, J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kamara, A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Salomon, J. A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kim, J. J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Betancourt, T. S.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Improving outcomes for caregivers through treatment of young people affected by war: a randomized controlled trial in Sierra Leone</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bull World Health Organ</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Adolescent</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Adult</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anxiety/therapy</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Caregivers/*psychology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cognitive Therapy/*methods</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Conduct Disorder/therapy</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Depression/therapy</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Female</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Interviews as Topic</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Linear Models</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Male</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Psychiatric Status Rating Scales</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Psychotherapy</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sierra Leone</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Stress, Psychological/*psychology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Treatment Outcome</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Warfare</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Young Adult</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2015</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dec 1</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">12</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">93</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">834-41</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1564-0604 (Electronic)&lt;br/&gt;0042-9686 (Linking)</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">OBJECTIVE: To measure the benefits to household caregivers of a psychotherapeutic intervention for adolescents and young adults living in a war-affected area. METHODS: Between July 2012 and July 2013, we carried out a randomized controlled trial of the Youth Readiness Intervention--a cognitive-behavioural intervention for war-affected young people who exhibit depressive and anxiety symptoms and conduct problems--in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Overall, 436 participants aged 15-24 years were randomized to receive the intervention (n = 222) or care as usual (n = 214). Household caregivers for the participants in the intervention arm (n = 101) or control arm (n = 103) were interviewed during a baseline survey and again, if available (n = 155), 12 weeks later in a follow-up survey. We used a burden assessment scale to evaluate the burden of care placed on caregivers in terms of emotional distress and functional impairment. The caregivers' mental health--i.e. internalizing, externalizing and prosocial behaviour--was evaluated using the Oxford Measure of Psychosocial Adjustment. Difference-in-differences multiple regression analyses were used, within an intention-to-treat framework, to estimate the treatment effects. FINDINGS: Compared with the caregivers of participants of the control group, the caregivers of participants of the intervention group reported greater reductions in emotional distress (scale difference: 0.252; 95% confidence interval, CI: 0.026-0.4782) and greater improvements in prosocial behaviour (scale difference: 0.249; 95% CI: 0.012-0.486) between the two surveys. CONCLUSION: A psychotherapeutic intervention for war-affected young people can improve the mental health of their caregivers.</style></abstract><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">26668435</style></accession-num><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">McBain, Ryan K&lt;br/&gt;Salhi, Carmel&lt;br/&gt;Hann, Katrina&lt;br/&gt;Kellie, Jim&lt;br/&gt;Kamara, Alimamy&lt;br/&gt;Salomon, Joshua A&lt;br/&gt;Kim, Jane J&lt;br/&gt;Betancourt, Theresa S&lt;br/&gt;eng&lt;br/&gt;Randomized Controlled Trial&lt;br/&gt;Switzerland&lt;br/&gt;2015/12/17 06:00&lt;br/&gt;Bull World Health Organ. 2015 Dec 1;93(12):834-41. doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.139105. Epub 2015 Oct 16.</style></notes><custom2><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4669723</style></custom2><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave, 7th Floor, Boston, 02115, MA, United States of America (USA).&lt;br/&gt;FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University, Boston, USA .&lt;br/&gt;CARITAS Freetown, Freetown, Sierra Leone .&lt;br/&gt;Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA .</style></auth-address></record></records></xml>