[Metacognitive Training for Depression (D-MCT) for Arabic Speaking Patients with Refugee Experience: Cultural...

Despite high demand, culturally adapted therapies for Arabic speaking refugee patients with depression are rare. Aim of the study was to culturally adapt and evaluate the group treatment Metacognitive Training for Depression (D-MCT) for them.

The cultural adaptation of the D-MCT included translation and surface adaptation as well as an expert discussion. The comprehensibility, acceptance and feasibility of the outpatient culturally adapted D-MCT (CA-D-MCT) were then tested in an uncontrolled pilot study with n=11 refugee patients.

The experts rated 83% of the translations and 78% of the illustrations as unproblematic in terms of equivalence. The acceptability and feasibility of the eight modules were predominantly positive.

From the patients' perspective, the adapted training shows a high acceptance and comprehensibility for culturally sensitive, interpreter-supported implementation.