ArticleEuropean journal of psychotraumatology2016
Case report: manualized trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy with an unaccompanied refugee minor girl.
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- Effectiveness of trauma-focused treatments for refugee children: a systematic review and meta-analyses.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Pooled it
- Examining cognitive behavioral therapy interventions for unaccompanied minors: a systematic review and qualitative research synthesis.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Community-based interventions for improving mental health in refugee children and adolescents in high-income countries.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- A Full Systematic Review on the Effects of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Mental Health Symptoms in Child Refugees.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2021Pooled it
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Unaccompanied Refugee Minors: Prevalence, Contributing and Protective Factors, and Effective Interventions: A Scoping Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Psychotherapeutic and Psychosocial Interventions with Unaccompanied Minors: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Is Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) Effective in Reducing Trauma Symptoms among Traumatized Refugee Children? A Systematic Review.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2021Article
- Alone, but protected? Effects of social support on mental health of unaccompanied refugee minors.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2019Article
- Trauma-focused group intervention for unaccompanied young refugees: "Mein Weg"-predictors of treatment outcomes and sustainability of treatment effects.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2019Article
- The Individual and Organizational Role of Physicians in Mitigating the Biological, Psychological and Social Health Consequences of Displacement.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2018Article
- Dealing with difference: a scoping review of psychotherapeutic interventions with unaccompanied refugee minors.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2018Article
- Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Children of Incarcerated Parents.Clinical social work journal · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere is uncertainty whether young traumatized refugees should be treated with culturally adapted psychotherapy or with an evidence-based western approach. As yet, empirical studies on culturally adapted treatments for unaccompanied young refugees in industrialized host countries are not available. Studies do, however, suggest that trauma-focused treatment is promising for this group.
objectiveWe describe the treatment of an unaccompanied refugee minor girl with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who underwent manualized trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT; Cohen, Mannarino, & Deblinger, 2006).
methodsA 17-year-old girl from East Africa, who came to Germany without a caregiver, was treated for PTSD resulting from several traumatic experiences and losses in her home country and while fleeing. She lived in a group home for adolescents. Baseline, post, and follow-up data are reported.
resultsThe girl participated in 12 sessions of manualized TF-CBT. Her caregiver from the youth services received another 12 sessions in line with the treatment manual. Symptoms decreased in a clinically significant manner; at the end of the treatment, the girl was deemed to have recovered from PTSD. Treatment success remained stable over 6 months.
conclusionsManualized TF-CBT is feasible for young refugees without significant cultural adaptations. It can, however, be seen as culturally sensitive.
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