Treating PTSD in refugees and asylum seekers within the general health care system. A randomized controlled multicenter study

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 641-647

  Stenmark, Håkon ^a,b   Catani, Claudia ^c   Neuner, Frank ^c   Elbert, Thomas ^d   Holen, Are ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asylum seeker; Narrative Exposure Therapy; PTSD; Randomized controlled trial; Refugee; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORPROTHIXENE; ESCITALOPRAM; MIANSERIN; PAROXETINE; QUETIAPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MINI NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; NARRATIVE EXPOSURE THERAPY; NORWAY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER SCALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REFUGEE; SYMPTOM; THERAPY EFFECT;

ASYLUM SEEKER; NARRATIVE EXPOSURE THERAPY; PTSD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFUGEE; TREATMENT;

ADULT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; NORWAY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84881001818     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2013.07.002     Document Type: Article

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