Group therapy with male asylum seekers and refugees with posttraumatic stress disorder: A controlled comparison cohort study of three day-treatment programs

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 200, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 758-765

  Drožek, Boris ^a   Kamperman, Astrid M ^b   Bolwerk, Nina ^c   Tol, Wietse A ^d   Kleber, Rolf J ^e  

^a Psychotrauma Centrum Zuid Nederland   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c QS Gezondheidsmanagement   (Netherlands)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

asylum seekers; group therapy; PTSD; refugees

Indexed keywords

QUETIAPINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TOPIRAMATE;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASYLUM SEEKER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DSM-IV; GROUP THERAPY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOSIS; REFUGEE;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84865865293     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e318266f860     Document Type: Article

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