A comparison of narrative exposure therapy, supportive counseling, and psychoeducation for treating posttraumatic stress disorder in an african refugee settlement.

By F. Neuner, M. Schauer, Christine Klaschik, U. Karunakara, Thomas Elbert. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2004

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Little is known about the usefulness of psychotherapeutic approaches for traumatized refugees who continue to live in dangerous conditions. Narrative exposure therapy (NET) is a short-term approach based on cognitive-behavioral therapy and testimony therapy. The efficacy of narrative exposure therapy was evaluated in a randomized controlled trial. Sudanese refugees living in a Ugandan refugee settlement (N = 43) who were diagnosed as suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) either received 4 sessions of NET, 4 sessions of supportive counseling (SC), or psychoeducation (PE) completed in 1 session. One year after treatment, only 29% of the NET participants but 79% of the SC group and 80% of the PE group still fulfilled PTSD criteria. These results indicate that NET is a promising approach for the treatment of PTSD for refugees living in unsafe conditions.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology

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Psychological treatments for chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (2007, methodology): “Two additional randomised controlled trials met inclusion criteria but differed in mode of delivery (Lange et al, 2003; Neuner et al, 2004), and one further trial compared two versions of TFCBT (exposure and cognitive therapy) with each other (Tarrier et al, 1999a,b).”
The influence of Organized Violence and Terror on Brain and Mind : a Co-Constructive Perspective (2006, background): “On the other hand, we have described that each stressful experience increases the vulnerability to develop PTSD (Neuner et al., 2004a).”
World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Guidelines for the Pharmacological Treatment of Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders – First Revision (2002, background): “In some studies CBT was superior to a wait list control, but not more effective than a psychological placebo (Foa et al. 1991; McDonagh et al. 2005; Neuner et al. 2004).”
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