Narrative exposure therapy versus interpersonal psychotherapy: A pilot randomized controlled trial with rwandan genocide orphans

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 298-306

  Schaal, Susanne ^a,c   Elbert, Thomas ^a,c   Neuner, Frank ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Universität Konstanz und Vivo International EV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression; Interpersonal psychotherapy; Narrative exposure therapy; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychotherapy; Trauma; War

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL PSYCHOTHERAPY; MALE; NARRATIVE EXPOSURE THERAPY; ORPHANAGE; ORPHANED CHILD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, ORPHANED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NARRATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; RWANDA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651002473     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000229768     Document Type: Article

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