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Mental Health and Aggression in Congolese Ex-combatants

NCT01625117 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 38

Last updated 2013-06-26

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Summary

The purpose of this study is examine, whether a treatment approach, which is specifically tailored for perpetrators who have participated in violence (a variant of Narrative Exposure Therapy) is effective in the reduction of instrumental aggression and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

A variant of Narrative Exposure Therapy

During the proposed therapy, the client constructs a chronological narrative of his or her whole life which includes all traumatic experiences and perpetrated violent acts. All emotions, cognitions, sensory information, and physiological reactions are activated and linked to the autobiographical context.In five sessions the therapist and the client try to go through all important traumatic experiences and perpetrated violent acts. The sixth session is a group session with four to five clients. The group session is oriented on Interpersonal Psychotherapy and focuses on the role change from soldier to civilian.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • German Research Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Konstanz

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Thomas Elbert, Prof. Dr. · University of Konstanz

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-05-31
Primary Completion
2012-05-31
Completion
2012-09-30

Countries

  • Republic of the Congo

Study Locations

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