@article{ref1,
title="Group therapy with male asylum seekers and refugees with posttraumatic stress disorder: a controlled comparison cohort study of three day-treatment programs",
journal="Journal of nervous and mental disease",
year="2012",
author="Drožđek, Boris and Kamperman, Astrid M. and Bolwerk, Nina and Tol, Wietse A. and Kleber, Rolf J.",
volume="200",
number="9",
pages="758-765",
abstract="Studies on group treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in asylum seekers and refugees are scarce. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of three different trauma-focused day-treatment group programs for treatment of PTSD in male asylum seekers and refugees. Three treatment groups (n = 56) and a waitlisted control group (n = 16) of help-seeking Iranian and Afghani patients were assessed with a set of self-rated symptom checklists for PTSD, anxiety, depression, and psychoticism 1 week before and 2 weeks after treatment. There are no indications that the 2 days' group program with three nonverbal and two group psychotherapy sessions per week is less effective in reducing symptoms than the program with the same amount of sessions spread over 3 days per week. The trauma-focused day-treatment group seems a promising approach for treatment of PTSD among asylum seekers and refugees in industrialized settings.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-3018",
doi="10.1097/NMD.0b013e318266f860",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0b013e318266f860"
}