The therapeutic value of trauma stabilisation in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder – A Southeast Asian Study
| Autor: | Cordula Mattheß, Helga Mattheß, Marcel Mattheß, Peter Bumke, Ute Sodemann, Derek Farrell |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Population Context (language use) Psychological Trauma Southeast asian behavioral disciplines and activities Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic Patient Education as Topic mental disorders Psychoeducation medicine Humans Psychiatry education General Psychology education.field_of_study business.industry Traumatic stress Cognition General Medicine Middle Aged Thailand Mental health Psychotherapy Therapeutic relationship Psychiatry and Mental health Outcome and Process Assessment Health Care Indonesia Female Cambodia business |
| Zdroj: | Asian Journal of Psychiatry. 41:45-49 |
| ISSN: | 1876-2018 |
| Popis: | Objective Southeast Asia suffers from various forms of natural disasters and interpersonal violence. This creates a large trauma population, while at the same time mental health services in this area are limited. The humanitarian organisation Trauma Aid Germany established trauma capacity building by training 37 local therapists in psycho-traumatology, including trauma stabilisation, in Cambodia, Indonesia and Thailand. This analysis examines the impact of trauma stabilisation as a sole treatment for traumatized clients. Method Clients were screened for PTSD using the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire pre- and post-treatment. Analysis only included clients who had received trauma stabilisation, including psychoeducation, but no confrontation with the traumatic event. Results Trauma stabilisation was highly effective in reducing PTSD symptoms, with high remission from PTSD post-treatment. Trauma stabilisation affected all subscales of PTSD and was effective in clinical as well as subclinical traumatized clients. Conclusion The research supports the notion that trauma stabilisation is a treatment effect for PTSD. It was highly effective in its own in reducing PTSD symptoms. Based on the analysis, trauma stabilisation was a safe, language independent treatment for PTSD sufficiently flexible to be sensitive to the client’s context. Therapists can adapt the techniques to the individual client and his cultural, spiritual, developmental, cognitive and situational background. Trauma stabilisation is suitable for implementation in crisis areas. The research has also implications to the potential utilisation of para-professionals. |
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