NCT01731418

NET in Iranian Women Suffering From Post Traumatic Stress Symptoms

Efficacy of Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) in a Sample of Iranian Women Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 34 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Konstanz · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 16 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The proposed study seeks to investigate to what extent Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) is an effective treatment for the reduction of symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and depression and for the improvement of daily functioning in Iranian women who have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV). In addition, the study seeks to investigate whether NET therapy could lead to the reduction of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) within their marriage.

Conditions

• Mental Disorders
• Domestic Violence

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Narrative Exposure Therapy	Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) is a treatment approach that was developed by a research group of the University of Konstanz (Schauer, Neuner, \& Elbert, 2005, 2011). In NET, the patient repeatedly talks about the most arousing traumatic events in detail while re-experiencing the emotions associated with this event. In the process, the patient constructs a narration of his life, focusing on the detailed report of the traumatic experiences.
OTHER	Treatment-as-usual	Treatment-as-usual was defined as the commonly used psychotherapy for abused women in Iran, such as medical therapy and/or supportive counseling. Regarding supportive counselling, the sessions included: Life skill education CBT techniques ACT techniques Finding resources to stop violence Discussing marital and sexual conflicts with the presence of husbands Working on their children problems Improvement of communication skills

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-11-01
• Primary completion: 2015-12-01
• Completion: 2015-12-01
• First posted: 2012-11-21
• Last updated: 2017-04-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Iran