In order to know the actual needs of users, the content of the app was developed in close consultation with Syrian refugees. Picture: Screenshot
In order to know the actual needs of users, the content of the app was developed in close consultation with Syrian refugees. Picture: Screenshot - Researchers at Leipzig University have partnered with Syrian refugees and an agency for e-mental health services to develop and scientifically test an app to help users deal with post-traumatic stress and related mental strain. The app - Sanadak - has now been published in Arabic and German and can be downloaded free of charge. -Our app offers an easy-to-access, immediate help programme that provides knowledge and orientation for mental health consequences of flight, and teaches simple, everyday steps for coping with post-traumatic stress in an interactive way,- explains Professor Steffi Riedel-Heller, Director at the Institute of Social Medicine, Occupational Medicine and Public Health (ISAP) at the Faculty of Medicine. Flight from war and conflict often has lasting impacts on people's mental health. At the same time, in host countries treatment options that take cultural and linguistic aspects into consideration are often difficult to find and associated with long waiting times. -In addition, many people refrain from seeking out therapeutic services due to fear and prejudice surrounding mental illness.
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