Abstract
Welcome to the first issue of Intervention in 2021. We have 19 articles in this issue, including a special section on Problem Management Plus (PM+) and related interventions. I would like to express my thanks to the team of guest editors − Dr. Camila Perera, Dr. Naser Morina and Dr. Mohammad Abo Hilal − for their enthusiastic support and collective wisdom in reviewing and guiding the publication of the special section. They have contributed to the writing of this editorial where it relates to PM+.
The first three articles have a broader focus than those in the special section. The first by Dückers (see pp. 4-14) reviews methods used for disaster response evaluation and barriers to scale up. One of the reviewers commented that this is a very relevant but understudied area of work in mental health and psychosocial support and so we hope this article will contribute to the field. The second by Verghis et al. (see pp. 15-20) describes the experiences of Health Equity Initiatives, a nongovernmental organisation, in providing mental health and psychosocial support to refugees and asylum seekers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia. The third by Olmert (see pp. 21-25) has an unusual focus and is probably a first for Intervention in describing an animal-assisted psychosocial intervention for survivors of the war in Uganda through the facilitation of human-dog companionship.
Ager, Wendy