Efficacy of Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) in Treating Women After Human Trafficking or Forced Prostitution

University of Konstanz

Status: Completed

Conditions: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Depression; Dissociation

Treatments: Behavioral: Narrative Exposure Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00717548

FH05.06.2008

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to perform an evaluation of a trauma-focused short-term intervention (Narrative Exposure Therapy; Schauer, M., Neuner, F. & Elbert, T.) on a variety of clinical outcome measures (PTSD, Depression, Somatic Complaints, Dissociation) in women after sexual exploitation and women trafficking.

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Sexual Exploitation or Women Trafficked or Forced Prostitution
• Symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Exclusion criteria

• Current Psychotic Symptoms

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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10 participants in 1 patient group

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Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Narrative Exposure Therapy