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A randomized trial of a reconciliation workshop with and without PTSD psychoeducation in Burundian sample
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A randomized trial of a reconciliation workshop with and without PTSD psychoeducation in Burundian sample

Peter D Yeomans, Evan M Forman, James D Herbert and Erica Yuen
Journal of traumatic stress, v 23(3), pp 305-312
Jun 2010
PMID: 20564362

Abstract

Adult Burundi Education Female Humans Interviews as Topic Male Middle Aged Refugees - education Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - physiopathology Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - therapy Surveys and Questionnaires Young Adult
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) psychoeducation is increasingly offered in diverse cultural settings. As the literature offers theoretical arguments for why such information might be normalizing and distress-reducing, or might risk morbid suggestion of greater vulnerability, a two-sided hypothesis was proposed to examine the specific effect of PTSD psychoeducation. Participants of a trauma healing and reconciliation intervention in Burundi were randomized to conditions with and without PTSD psychoeducation, or to a waitlist control. Both interventions reduced symptoms more than the waitlist. Participants in the condition without psychoeducation experienced a greater reduction in PTSD symptoms relative to other conditions. Findings are discussed in relationship to intervention development for traumatic stress in nonindustrialized and culturally diverse settings.

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