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A NARRATIVE EXPOSURE TREATMENT AS INTERVENTION IN A REFUGEE CAMP: A CASE REPORT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2002

Frank Neuner
Affiliation:
University of Konstanz, Germany
Margarete Schauer
Affiliation:
University of Konstanz, Germany
Walton T. Roth
Affiliation:
Stanford University, USA
Thomas Elbert
Affiliation:
University of Konstanz, Germany

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.

Type
Brief Clinical Reports
Copyright
© 2002 British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies

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