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This study aims to understand how war trauma affects children's and adolescents' memory functions and mental health, and whether Narrative Exposure Therapy is effective in enhancing optimal memory functions and alleviating mental health problems. The study analyzes the mental health and cognitive and emotional healing mechanisms of therapeutic intervention among war-affected children and adolescents.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Narrative Exposure Therapy | Experimental | For the intervention group receiving Narrative Exposure Therapy treatment, the intervention will last for approximately three months and include 10-12 weekly sessions of 60-90 minutes. The course of the intervention will follow the NET manual (Schauer et al., 2011). |
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| Treatment as Usual | Active Comparator | For the TAU control group, participants will receive the usual care for posttraumatic stress symptoms currently offered by each unit. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Narrative Exposure Therapy | Behavioral |
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| Treatment as Usual |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Post-traumatic Stress as measured by Revised Impact of Event Scale | 9 months | |
| Depression as measured by Depression Self-Rating Scale for Children | 9 months | |
| Psychological Distress as measured by Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire | 9 months | |
| Resilience as measured by Child and Youth Resilience Measure | 9 months | |
| Cognitive Performance as measured by Working Memory Test Battery for Children | 9 months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Quality of Traumatic Memory as measured by Trauma Memory Quality Questionnaire | 9 months | |
| Trauma Related Cognitions as measured by Children's Post Traumatic Cognitions Inventory | 9 months | |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Subjective distress during therapy measured by Subjective Units of Distress Scale | 9 months | |
| Peritraumatic Dissociation measured by Peritraumatic Dissociative Experiences Questionnaire | once, at baseline |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Centre for Torture Survivors | Helsinki | Finland | ||||
| Family Counselling Centre of the City of Tampere |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 26081580 | Derived | Kangaslampi S, Garoff F, Peltonen K. Narrative exposure therapy for immigrant children traumatized by war: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of effectiveness and mechanisms of change. BMC Psychiatry. 2015 Jun 17;15:127. doi: 10.1186/s12888-015-0520-z. |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D013812 | Therapeutics |
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| Behavioral |
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| General functioning of autobiographical memory as measured by reported life events |
| 9 months |
| Tampere |
| Finland |
| Psychiatric Clinic for Traumatized Children at Tampere University Hospital | Tampere | Finland |