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A Systematic Review of Treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Among Refugees and Asylum-Seekers

Crumlish, Niall, O'Rourke, Killian·2010·Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease

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Recent years have seen a consensus emerge on the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the general population. No such consensus exists for refugees, although the rate of PTSD among refugees is 10 times that of the general population. We conducted a systematic review of randomized controlled trial of treatment of PTSD among refugees and asylum-seekers. We rated trials with a risk of bias table and drew conclusions about the evidence for individual therapies. Ten randomized, controlled trials (n = 528) met our search criteria. Trials were small, and allocation concealment and blinding were inadequate. No treatment was firmly supported, but there was evidence for narrative exposure therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy. Future trials should evaluate interventions that are developed within refugees' cultures, based on a local understanding of trauma and psychological distress.

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Authors: Crumlish, N., & O'Rourke, K.
Affiliations: Trinity College Dublin (IE)
Corresponding author: Crumlish, Niall
Venue: Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Published: 2010-04
Volume: 198
Issue: 4
Pages: 237-251
ISSN: 0022-3018 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1097/nmd.0b013e3181d61258
OpenAlex: W2012213753
Cited by: 264
References: 92
Citations by year: 2026: 4 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 20 · 2018: 25 · 2017: 22 · 2016: 19 · 2015: 28 · 2014: 15 · 2013: 12 · 2012: 16
FWCI: 2.24
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Migration, Health and Trauma
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
Keywords: post-traumatic stress disorder, refugees, asylum seekers, PTSD treatment, narrative exposure therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma-focused psychotherapy, culturally tailored interventions, risk of bias
MeSH terms: Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Psychotherapy, Refugees, Research, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Emigrants and Immigrants

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