@article{ref1,
title="Seven-year follow-up study of symptoms in asylum seekers and refugees with PTSD treated with trauma-focused groups",
journal="Journal of clinical psychology (Hoboken)",
year="2014",
author="Drožđek, Boris and Kamperman, Astrid M. and Tol, Wietse A. and Knipscheer, Jeroen W. and Kleber, Rolf J.",
volume="70",
number="4",
pages="376-387",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To examine sustainability of symptom outcomes of a 1-year phase-based trauma-focused, multimodal, and multicomponent group therapy in a day treatment program for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) over an average period of 7 years. <br><br>METHOD: Iranian and Afghan patients (N = 69) were assessed with self-rated symptom checklists for PTSD, anxiety, and depression symptoms before (T1), after (T2), and up to 11 years upon completion of the treatment (T3). A series of mixed model regression analyses was applied to determine the course of the measured symptoms over time. <br><br>RESULTS: At T2, all symptoms were reduced, but PTSD symptoms showed the strongest reduction. The trend of symptom reduction continued up to 5 years posttreatment and was similar for all the examined symptoms. After 5 years, all symptoms started to worsen, but remained under baseline levels at T3. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The applied treatment appears to improve mental health of the studied sample on both the short and longer term.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0021-9762",
doi="10.1002/jclp.22035",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22035"
}