Skills fOr Life Adjustment and Resilience Program: Brief intervention for reduction of persisting subclinical distress after catastrophes and other severe stressors

Abstract

Background: After catastrophes, trauma and other highly stressful experiences, a proportion of individuals develop mental illness, while another proportion exhibit persisting subclinical distress that limits psychosocial functioning. Individuals with persisting subclinical distress rarely receive psychosocial support services. Aim of the study: This paper presents the Skills fOr Life Adjustment and Resilience (SOLAR) program, a brief intervention developed for people with persistent subclinical distress following catastrophes and other severe stressors. In addition, we report the preliminary findings of a pilot study on the satisfaction with the program in face-to-face and video conferencing..