Culture-sensitive and resource oriented peer (CROP) - groups as a community based intervention for trauma survivors: a randomized controlled pilot study with refugees and asylum seekers from Chechnya
SOURCE: The Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2011
TITLE AUTHOR(S): W.Renner, E.Banninger-Huber, K.Peltzer
KEYWORDS: EVALUATION, POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, REFUGEES, REFUGEES WELL-BEING
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 6892
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/3725
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3725
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2011
TITLE AUTHOR(S): W.Renner, E.Banninger-Huber, K.Peltzer
KEYWORDS: EVALUATION, POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, REFUGEES, REFUGEES WELL-BEING
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 6892
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/3725
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3725
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Abstract
Asylum seekers and refugees frequently suffer from post-traumatic stress and culturally sensitive methods towards reducing symptoms should be taken into account. The aim of the work reported here was to examine the effectiveness of Culture-Sensitive and Resource Oriented Peer (CROP) - Groups for Chechen asylum seekers and refugees towards reducing post-traumatic symptoms, anxiety, and depression. Some ninety-four participants were randomly assigned to 15 sessions of CROP - or Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) - Groups, to 3 single sessions of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), or to a Wait-List (WL). The results indicated that CROP was significantly superior to WL, and was equally effective as CBT in reducing post-traumatic symptoms, anxiety, and depression. Improvements still were present at three and six month follow-up occasions. EMDR yielded negative results. According to this pilot study, CROP-Groups pose a promising, culturally sensitive alternative to psychotherapy with Chechen migrants.-
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