TY - JOUR
PY - 2018//
TI - Emotion regulation and interpersonal group therapy for children and adolescents witnessing domestic violence: a preliminary uncontrolled trial
JO - Journal of child and adolescent trauma
A1 - Lacasa, Fernando
A1 - Álvarez, Mar
A1 - Navarro, Mari-Ángeles
A1 - Richart, María-Teresa
A1 - San, Luis
A1 - Ortiz, Eva-María
SP - 269
EP - 275
VL - 11
IS - 3
N2 - Around 19% of the patients who turn to childhood mental health centers are witnesses to domestic violence. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of Emotion Regulation and Interpersonal Group Therapy (ERIGT) in a multidisciplinary community program. Specifically, this program addresses domestic violence in reducing post-traumatic and depressive symptoms in children and adolescents who are witnesses to domestic violence. ERIGT was used with 24 patients ranging from 7 to 16 years old. We evaluated at three time points: before treatment, after treatment, and at 3 months following the end of treatment. We observed a reduction in the post-traumatic and depressive symptoms. This was a pilot study carried out with a small sample, but it indicates that ERIGT has the potential to be effective in the treatment of these symptoms.
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Language: en
LA - en SN - 1936-1521 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40653-016-0126-8 ID - ref1 ER -