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Table 1 Characteristics of participants

From: A qualitative exploration of what works for migrant adolescents in transcultural psychotherapy: perceptions of adolescents, their parents, and their therapists

Adolescent

Age

Country of origin

Generation of migration

Time in the host country

Symptoms

Number of transcultural sessions conducted

Family members questioned

Interpreter during the interview

First-line therapist

Transcultural therapists

P1

20–22

Sri Lanka

Second

From birth

Borderline personality disorder

8

P1 + her mother

Yes

Psychologist

Transcultural group created in 2008:

Principal therapist: psychiatrist. 7 co-therapists: 1 psychiatrist, 4 psychologists, 1 resident in psychiatry, 1 nurse.

3 trainees.

P2

17–19

China

Second

From birth

Anorexia nervosa

35

P2 + her father and her mother

No

Child psychiatrist

Transcultural group created in 2008:

Principal therapist: psychiatrist. 5 co-therapists: 1 psychiatrist, 3 psychologists, 1 resident in psychiatry. 9 trainees

P3

20–22

Cameroon

First

For 8 years

Atypical depression

18

P3 + her mother

No

Child psychiatrist

Transcultural group created in 2012:

Principal therapist: psychiatrist. 4 co-therapists: 2 psychiatrists, 1 nurse, 1 resident in psychiatry.

3 trainees