Does interpreter-mediated CBT with traumatized refugee people work? A comparison of patient outcomes in east London

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 293-301

  D'Ardenne, Patricia ^a,b   Ruaro, Laura ^a   Cestari, Leticia ^a   Fakhoury, Walid ^a   Priebe, Stefan ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Psychotrauma   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CBT; Interpreters; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Refugees

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MENTAL PATIENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247496454     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: 14691833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1352465807003645     Document Type: Article

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