Thanks for this! A small point: as one of the coauthors of the Blattman et al Liberia CBT study, we didn’t use trained counselors either (they basically don’t exist in Liberia) so I think this helps somewhat with your legitimate concern about scaling. I wasn’t sure what you meant by job training in that context?
We are just finishing a ten-year follow-up of the same population, with encouraging results, which should be public soon.
Thanks for this! A small point: as one of the coauthors of the Blattman et al Liberia CBT study, we didn’t use trained counselors either (they basically don’t exist in Liberia) so I think this helps somewhat with your legitimate concern about scaling. I wasn’t sure what you meant by job training in that context?
We are just finishing a ten-year follow-up of the same population, with encouraging results, which should be public soon.
Oh, that’s a valid point about scaling; noted.
Re. job training: I was referring to Blattman and Annan 2016, where the intervention contained both counseling and job training.
Very excited to see the ten year results when they’re out!