Table 3.

Central themes in male focus groups

Main Category	Theme	Illustrative quote	Number of participants
Explanatory Models of depression	Pre-migration Traumatic Experiences: Exposed to violence in Afghanistan	“I am driving the car on the street and you [hear] explosions in this or that area. Always stress, always fighting. M7	2 (FG3)
	Post-migration Living Difficulties: Life in the camp	In a camp, especially in the camp that we are living, with high walls around the camp, [it] is like a prison here. Every night happens something new to the people. So, this is actually bringing stress. M2	2 (FG1) 3 (FG2) 1 (FG3)
Coping Strategies	Social Support	They were volunteers and now they have life, they are married. M4	1 (FG1)
	Cognitive Strategies	If you want to change the way, I mean a change to Adel [vignette character], you have to be strong, you have to give him the motivation to change his mind. M5	3 (FG2) 2 (FG3)
	Solution-oriented coping	We can tell him, there’s a place that you can go for 3–4 months to improve your speaking skills and you make a CV, cover letter and also you send your kids to the kindergarten […] Then you find a job, then your life will be much better. M3	1 (FG1) 3 (FG2)
	Professional Help	Having a psychologist and having a lawyer to inform him daily for the procedure and his documents. These two are the solution to his problems. M1	2 (FG1) 3 (FG2)