Treatment of traumatized victims of war and torture: A randomized controlled comparison of narrative exposure therapy and stress inoculation training

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 345-352

  Hensel Dittmann, D ^a   Schauer, M ^a   Ruf, M ^a   Catani, C ^b   Odenwald, M ^a   Elbert, T ^a   Neuner, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Narrative exposure therapy; Organized violence; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Refugees; Stress inoculation training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICIAN ADMINISTERED POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NARRATIVE EXPOSURE THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REFUGEE; STRESS INOCULATION TRAINING; TORTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTIM; WAR;

COMORBIDITY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MOOD DISORDERS; NARRATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REFUGEES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TORTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAR;

EID: 79961110541     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327253     Document Type: Article

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