Preventing Mental Disorders Among Women Internally Displaced by War in Ukraine: The SHAWL Trial

The single-session ACT group intervention will involve a mixture of didactic instruction, discussion, metaphors, and experiential activities. ACT activities will help women notice and accept that negative thoughts, emotions, and experiences while being displaced by war are part of migratory and post-migratory life. ACT activities will also help them identify, reorient towards, and commit to values-consistent behaviors through effective goal-setting. The single-session will be approximately 3 hours long.

Usual care will be minimally enhanced by providing participants with an educational information session that provides information on health promotion.