Case report: manualized trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy with an unaccompanied refugee minor girl.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is uncertainty whether young traumatized refugees should be treated with culturally adapted psychotherapy or with an evidence-based western approach. As yet, empirical studies on culturally adapted treatments for unaccompanied young refugees in industrialized host countries are not available. Studies do, however, suggest that trauma-focused treatment is promising for this group.

Objective

We describe the treatment of an unaccompanied refugee minor girl with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who underwent manualized trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT; Cohen, Mannarino, & Deblinger, 2006).

Methods

A 17-year-old girl from East Africa, who came to Germany without a caregiver, was treated for PTSD resulting from several traumatic experi

SUBMITTER: Unterhitzenberger J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4716550 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature