tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: " Treating children traumatized by war and Tsunami: A comparison between exposure therapy and meditation-relaxation in North-East Sri Lanka"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Treating children traumatized by war and Tsunami: A comparison between exposure therapy and meditation-relaxation in North-East Sri Lanka | BMC Psychiatry BioMed Central Research article Treating children traumatized by war and Tsunami A comparison between exposure therapy and meditation-relaxation in North-East Sri Lanka Claudia Catani 1 2 Mahendran Kohiladevy3 Martina Ruf2 4 Elisabeth Schauer2 Thomas Elbert2 4 and Frank Neuner1 2 Open Access Address Department of Psychology University of Bielefeld 33501 Bielefeld Germany 2vivo Casella Postale Castelplanio Stazione I60032 Ancona Italy 3Vallikamam Educational Zonal Office Vallikamam Sri Lanka and 4Department of Psychology University of Konstanz 78457 Konstanz Germany Email Claudia Catani - Mahendran Kohiladevy - Martina Ruf - Elisabeth Schauer - Thomas Elbert - Frank Neuner - Corresponding author Published 13 May 2009 BMC Psychiatry 2009 9 22 doi I47I-244X-9-22 Received 5 January 2009 Accepted 1 3 May 2009 This article is available from http 1471-244X 9 22 2009 Catani et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract_ Background The North-Eastern part of Sri Lanka had already been affected by civil war when the 2004 Tsunami wave hit the region leading to high rates of posttraumatic stress disorder PTSD in children. In the acute aftermath of the Tsunami we tested the efficacy of two pragmatic short-term interventions when applied by trained local counselors. Methods A randomized treatment comparison was implemented in a refugee camp in a severely affected community. 31 children who presented with a preliminary .