GROUP PROBLEM MANAGEMENT PLUS (GROUP PM+)
Group psychological help for adults impaired by distress in communities exposed to adversity
Overview
With this
manual, the World Health Organization (WHO) is responding to requests from
colleagues around the world for a group version of the manual Problem
Management Plus (PM+), which was developed for adults impaired by distress in
communities who are exposed to adversity. Aspects of Cognitive Behavioural
Therapy (CBT) have been changed to make them feasible in communities that do
not have many specialists. To ensure maximum use, the intervention is developed
in such a way that it can help people with depression, anxiety and stress,
whether or not exposure to adversity has caused these problems. It can be
applied to improve aspects of mental health and psychosocial well-being no
matter how severe people’s problems are.