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Treatment of Aggressive Behavior and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

NCT01519193 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 42

Last updated 2012-11-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Street children and children of vulnerable families in conflict or former conflict regions are often exposed to multiple traumatic events and situations in which they are forced to engage in violent behavior. The Narrative Exposure Therapy for violent offenders (NETvo) aims to reduce both PTSD symptoms and aggressive behavior. It helps the children to anchor fearful experiences and positive emotions linked to violent behaviour in the past. Additionally, visions for the future are developed in order to foster successful reintegration into society.

Conditions

  • Aggressive Behavior
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Narrative Exposure Therapy for violent offenders (NETvo)

During NETvo the client, with the assistance of the therapist, constructs a chronological narrative of his whole life with a focus on exposure to traumatic stress and also on perpetrated violent acts. Empathic understanding, active listening, congruency and unconditional positive regard are key components of the therapist's behavior who asks in detail for emotions, cognitions, sensory information, and physiological reactions, linking them to an autobiographical context. Positive emotions and cognitions reported for violent acts are linked to the respective past. During four sessions the most important traumatic experiences and perpetrated violent acts are processed. In the fifth session plans and ideas for the future are developed to assist the children to reintegrate themselves into society.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Konstanz

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Anselm Crombach, Dipl.-Psych. · University of Constance

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
23 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-01-31
Primary Completion
2012-05-31
Completion
2012-05-31

Countries

  • Burundi

Study Locations

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