Treating patients with severe mental illness with narrative exposure therapy for comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Interpersonal trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in patients with severe mental illness (SMI) negatively affect illness course. Narrative exposure therapy (NET) is effective in vulnerable patient groups, but its efficacy and applicability has not been studied in out-patients with SMI.

Aims

We aimed to evaluate the efficacy and applicability of NET in SMI on changes in PTSD, dissociation, SMI symptoms, care needs, quality of life, global functioning and care consumption.

Method

The study had a single-group, pre-test-post-test, repeated-measures design and was registered in The Netherlands National Trial Register (identifier TR571). Primary outcomes were assessed at pre-treatment (T0), 1 month post-treatment (T1) and 7 months' follow-up (T2), wi

SUBMITTER: Mauritz MW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7791562 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature