Individuals who have experienced multiple traumatic events over long periods as a result of
war, conflict and organised violence, may represent a unique group amongst PTSD patients …

Background: Increasingly clinicians are being asked to assess and treat young refugees,
who have experienced traumatic events due to war and organised violence. However …

New edition of the Narrative Exposure Therapy manual, an effective, short-term, culturally
universal intervention for trauma victims-including the latest insights and new treatments for …

Context The psychological rehabilitation of former child soldiers and their successful
reintegration into postconflict society present challenges. Despite high rates of impairment …

The authors examined the effectiveness of narrative exposure therapy for children (KIDNET)
in treating posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in refugee children living in exile. Twenty …

Abstract Background The North-Eastern part of Sri Lanka had already been affected by civil
war when the 2004 Tsunami wave hit the region, leading to high rates of posttraumatic …

Although the diagnosis of PTSD, when first formulated in 1980, was not believed to be
relevant to children and adolescents, Leonore Terr's studies (1979, 1983) of a group of …

Background: Narrative therapies, especially narrative exposure therapy, are used to treat the
effects of trauma in refugees and to prevent psychiatric illness. These methods involve …

A decade after the 1994 Rwandan genocide, we interviewed a total of 68 Rwandan orphans
about their war experiences and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. The two …

Background: There is a growing body of literature on interventions addressing psychosocial
wellbeing and mental health of children affected by violence in lowand middleincome …