Research aim: The aim of this project is to investigate the refugee patient perspective on cross-sectoral collaborative meetings to inform future clinical practice so that refugees receive collaborative mental health treatment in accordance with their needs, expectations and wishes.
Design: Longitudinal qualitative study
Population:
- 22 patients (refugees or family re-unified to a refugee) who are unemployed, diagnosed with PTSD, receiving treatment at CTP as part of a randomized controlled trial
- 22 municipal employment counsellors
- 35 mental health clinicians
Methods: Participant observation, subsequent informal conversations and semi-structured interviews will be applied for this project. Participant observation will take place during the three collaborative meetings and three preparative sessions for each patient. Individual interviews are carried out with refugee patients at two points in time; at the end of the PTSD treatment and approximately six-ten months after treatment and contact with CTP has ended. Interpretive Description will guide the qualitative study.
Primary investigator: Henriette Laugesen Attardo, Msc Public Health, PhD student
Supervisors: Jessica Carlsson Lohmann, MD, PhD, Åsa, Morten Skovdal, Msc Psychology, PhD
Publications:
Attardo, H. L., Bruhn, M., Skovdal, M., Audulv, Å., & Carlsson, J. (2025). Interprofessional collaboration across sectors for unemployed refugees with post-traumatic stress disorder in Denmark: a panacea to person-centered care?. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 39(3), 368-376.
Attardo, H. L., Bruhn, M., Audulv, Å., Carlsson, J., & Skovdal, M. (2025). The critical work of social workers in person-centered care: insights from a cross-sector collaboration in Denmark for refugees with PTSD. Social Work in Mental Health, 23(6), 664-680.
Attardo, H. L., Bruhn, M., Skovdal, M., Carlsson, J., & Audulv, Å. (2025). Changes to refugee mental health during and after a cross-sector PTSD intervention: A qualitative longitudinal study about the influence of social support, life events, and agency. Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry, 49(4), 1265-1285.