Case Report: Trauma group therapy with karate-do for war-traumatized children and adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

From the viewpoint of health and education, traumatized children and adolescents who have fled from war and conflict zones to Switzerland represent a high-risk group, as they suffer from psychiatric symptoms to an above-average extent and on several levels: somatic, psychological, psychosomatic, and psychosocial.

Objectives

The complexity and severity of these problems overwhelm the existing school structures in many cases: There is a clear need for psychotherapeutic interventions here that goes beyond purely verbal conversational therapy and provides an holistic concept.

Methods

We propose the following novel approach: "Trauma group therapy with karate-do for war-traumatized children and adolescents" which integrates and applies the evidence-based methods

SUBMITTER: Montenegro MSO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11523532 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature