Stress To Strength: Healing With Resilience
As April marks #StressAwarenessMonth, we want to take this opportunity to highlight the impact of anxiety and stress on children living in the Middle East and the work we do to support them.
The invisible victims of conflict are women and children who are exposed to ongoing violence, displacement, and insecurity, which can have severe consequences on their physical and mental health.
Our latest program is an exciting, innovative digital Intervention for stress/anxiety reduction. MECI has partnered with a Stanford start-up Muvik Labs to deliver an evidence-based, multisensory, digital therapy BreathConductor™ .
This efficient, easy to implement solution has been real-world tested with children within the MECI program, in its culturally adapted Arabic version, and demonstrated anxiety reduction in as little as 3 minutes, with the additional benefit of building stress resilience when utilized regularly.
“By using simple, easy-to-follow exercises, BreathConductor™ helps individuals learn to recognize, manage, and reduce anxiety symptoms, within moments.”
Our manuscript is Live!
We are delighted to announce that the pilot test run under clinical conditions in MECI schools and involving deep breathing exercises was published. The study showed promising results in improving children's ability to regulate their emotions and cope with stress.
The impact of a guided paced breathing audiovisual intervention on anxiety symptoms in Palestinian children: A pilot randomized controlled trial.
Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
Shank, L. M., Grace, V., Delgado, J., Batchelor, P., de Raadt St James, A., Sundaresan, A., & Bouchedid, L.
Read More: https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/camh.12613
