The efficacy of narrative exposure therapy in a sample of Iranian women exposed to ongoing intimate partner violence—A randomized controlled trial

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 827-841

  Orang, Tahereh ^a   Ayoughi, Sarah ^a   Moran, James K ^b   Ghaffari, Hakimeh ^c   Mostafavi, Saeedeh ^d   Rasoulian, Maryam ^e   Elbert, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c ALLAMEH TABATABA'I UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^e IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

continuous traumatic stress; domestic violence; intimate partner violence; narrative exposure therapy; ongoing threat and violence; post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; IRAN; NARRATIVE THERAPY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; IRAN; NARRATIVE THERAPY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85052657961     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.2318     Document Type: Article

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