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Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder by Trained Lay Counsellors in an African Refugee Settlement

NCT00550056 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 277

Last updated 2007-10-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The study is a pragmatic trial to study the efficacy of two active methods of psychotherapy for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder in a refugee camp in Africa. Treatment was administered by lay counsellors.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Narrative Exposure Therapy

Six session of Narrative Exposure Therapy

BEHAVIORAL

Trauma Counselling

Six sessions of Trauma Counselling, using a variety of skills incl. exposure methods following the skills of the therapist

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • German Research Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Konstanz

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Thomas Elbert, PhD · University of Konstanz

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-01-31
Completion
2004-04-30

Countries

  • Uganda

Study Locations

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