TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Seven-year follow-up study of symptoms in asylum seekers and refugees with PTSD treated with trauma-focused groups
JO  - Journal of clinical psychology (Hoboken)
A1  - Drožđek, Boris
A1  - Kamperman, Astrid M.
A1  - Tol, Wietse A.
A1  - Knipscheer, Jeroen W.
A1  - Kleber, Rolf J.
SP  - 376
EP  - 387
VL  - 70
IS  - 4
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0021-9762
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22035
ID  - ref1
ER  -