Year: 2002
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: We applied Narrative Exposure Treatment (NET) to a severely traumatized Kosovar refugee living in a Macedonian refugee camp during the Balkan War. NET is a pragmatic short-term approach that integrates effective therapeutic components deriving from Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Testimony Therapy. Outcome was evaluated by clinical examination and the Posttraumatic Stress Diagnostic Scale (PDS). Three sessions of NET were enough to afford considerable relief, although some PTSD symptoms remained. Our experience indicates that Narrative Exposure is a promising and realistic approach for the treatment of even severely traumatized refugees living in camps. In addition, it can prove valid testimonies about human rights violations without humiliating the witness.
Institutions: University of Konstanz, Stanford University
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2148275324