The Digital Assessment Tools Task Force (DATTF) is a cross-sectional project that supports the consortia in planning and implementing IT-related requirements (e.g., data collection using smartphones, tablets, or PCs; data protection). In this way, common barriers in the use of digital tools are to be eliminated as early as possible. The project is also responsible for creating and maintaining the cross-network website.

Location: Berlin

Reliable and culturally adjusted psychodiagnostic instruments (e.g. questionnaires, standardised interviews) are urgently needed in the psychosocial care of and research with refugees. Therefore, subproject 1 develops and evaluates a modular, online-based tool providing free and open source psychodiagnostics instruments in the languages most relevant to the current refugee population.

Location: Leipzig

The cross-sectional project KS-Diagnostik aims to bundle expertise and experience in culturally sensitive diagnostics across the research associations, formulate common standards and enable exchange of diagnostic instruments. Furthermore, an open access platform will be established to make existing instruments available for researchers and clinicians.

Location: Leipzig

The cross-sectional project CUMI accompanies all subprojects of the research network in the cultural adaptation of their respective planned interventions. The aim is to increase the expertise on cultural adaptations, to bundle and expand the know-how of the individual consortia and to improve the cultural sensitivity of the applied interventions. In this way, the effectiveness of the interventions can be improved.

Locations: Berlin, Zürich

In the care of refugees, a number of specific factors (e.g. language and cultural barriers) lead to a particularly high risk of dropout. The project PrevDrop supports the research network in planning and implementing measures to prevent dropout. In addition, predictors and subjective reasons for dropout in refugees will be investigated by a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods across the studies of the research network.

Location: München

ReCAP SP3 (ReScript) investigates the effectiveness of Imagery Rescripting for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder in refugees. Post-traumatic stress disorder can occur after a traumatic event and cause symptoms such as intrusive memories or nightmares. Psychotherapy is the treatment of choice for posttraumatic stress disorder. Imagery Rescripting is a short, trauma-focused psychotherapeutic treatment that has shown promising results in previous studies and is well accepted by patients.

Locations: Frankfurt, München, Münster

In subproject SP2 "ReTreat", a culturally sensitive, behavioral therapy group program for Afghan and Syrian refugees, respectively, will be adapted and studied. The culturally adapted intervention (CA CBT) is an already evaluated group program for refugees, which consists of psychoeducation, meditation and yoga/stretching. It discusses issues that preoccupy and stress many refugees in their daily lives: different fears, vivid memories of the past, and dealing with current stressors.

Location: Frankfurt

Despite high levels of psychological distress, it is difficult for asylum seekers to access psychological treatment. This is due to a lack of knowledge about psychotherapy as well as cultural and language barriers. The low-threshold, culturally sensitive psychoeducation "Health Tea Garden" aims to increase knowledge about mental health problems as well as available treatments and to improve mental resilience and self-care.

Location: Marburg