Science

Childhood sexual abuse in Burundi

Schneider, J., Rukundo-Zeller, A., Bambonyé, M., Muhoza, J.-A., Ndayikengurukiye, T., Nitanga, L., Rushoza, A. A., Crombach, A.(2025).
Preventing Childhood Sexual Abuse Related Mental Health Deterioration Using a Narrative Family Intervention in Burundi
Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology.

Schneider, J., Rukundo-Zeller, A. C., Bambonyé, M., Lust, S., Mugisha, H., Muhoza, J. A., … & Crombach, A. (2024).
The impact of parental acceptance and childhood maltreatment on mental health and physical pain in Burundian survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
Child Abuse & Neglect, 154, 106906.

Childhood sexual abuse in Burundi

Studies about NETfacts and FORNET

Robjant, K., Schmitt, S., Carleial, S., Elbert, T., Abreu, L., Chibashimba, A., … & Koebach, A. (2022).
NETfacts: An integrated intervention at the individual and collective level to treat communities affected by organized violence.
PNAS, 119 (44)

Koebach A & Robjant K (2021).
NETfacts: a community intervention integrating trauma treatment at the individual and collective level.
European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 12(1)

Koebach, A., Carleial, S., Elbert, T., Schmitt, S., & Robjant, K. (2021).
Treating trauma and aggression with narrative exposure therapy in former child and adult soldiers: A randomized controlled trial in Eastern DR Congo.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 89(3), 143–155

Robjant, K., Koebach, A., Schmitt, S., Chibashimba, A., Carleial, S., & Elbert, T. (2019).
The treatment of posttraumatic stress symptoms and aggression in female former child soldiers using adapted Narrative Exposure therapy–a RCT in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Behaviour research and therapy, 123, 103482

Koebach A & Robjant K (2021).
NETfacts: a community intervention integrating trauma treatment at the individual and collective level.
European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 12(1)

Studies about NETfacts and FORNET

Cost and benefits of participating in trauma-focused projects

Hawkar Ibrahim, Katharina Goessmann & Frank Neuner (2022).
Sharing for relief: associations of trauma-focused interviews and well-being among war-affected displaced
populations in the Middle East.
Ethics & Behavior

Cost and benefits of participating in trauma-focused projects

NET as community-based approach

Bedard‐Gilligan, M., Kaysen, D., Cordero, R. M., Huh, D., Walker, D., Kaiser‐Schaur, E., … & Pearson, C. (2022).
Adapting narrative exposure therapy with a tribal community: A community‐based approach.
Journal of Clinical Psychology.

NET as community-based approach

Long-term effects of training in orphanages

Hecker T, Mkinga G, Hartmann E, Nkuba M, Hermenau, K (2022).
Sustainability of effects and secondary long-term outcomes: One-year follow-up of a cluster-randomized controlled trial to prevent maltreatment in institutional care.
PLOS Global Public Health, 2(5), e0000286.

Long-term effects of training in orphanages

An award for vivo member Kirsi Peltonen

vivo member Kirsi Peltonen from Finland was awarded the ESTSS Young Minds Award. The award is given by the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies for excellent contributions to the field of trauma research.

We warmly congratulate!

An award for vivo member Kirsi Peltonen

Traumatherapy and pregnancy

Stevens, N.R., Miller, M.L., Puetz, A.‐K., Padin, A.C., Adams, N. and Meyer, D.J. (2021)
Psychological Intervention and Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder During Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Call to Action.
Journal of Traumatic Stress

Susanne Breinlinger, Ann-Kathrin Pütz, Natalie R. Stevens, Daniela Mier, Inga Schalinski, Michael Odenwald
Narrative Exposure Therapy in challenging cases and conditions.
MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL’INFANZIA; 3/2020

Traumatherapy and pregnancy

Mental health of refugees in Germany

Kaltenbach, E., Hermenau, K., Schauer, M., Dohrmann, K., Elbert, T., Schalinski, I. (2020).
Trajectories of posttraumatic stress symptoms during and after Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) in refugees.
BMC Psychiatry 20:312

Kaltenbach, E., Hermenau, K., Schauer, M., Elbert, T., Schalinski, I. (2018).
Course of Mental Health in Refugees—A One Year Panel Survey.
Front. Psychiatry 9:352

Mental health of refugees in Germany

Prevention of violence in schools

Nkuba M, Hermenau K, Goessmann K, Hecker T (2018).
Reducing violence by teachers using the preventative intervention Interaction Competencies with Children for Teachers (ICC-T): A cluster randomized controlled trial at public secondary schools in Tanzania.
PLoS ONE 13(8): e0201362

Kaltenbach, E., Hermenau, K., Nkuba, M., Goessmann, K. & Hecker, T. (2017).
Improving Interaction Competencies With Children — A Pilot Feasibility Study to Reduce School Corporal Punishment.
Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma

Prevention of violence in schools

Findings on Narrative Exposure Therapy

Schneider, A., Pfeiffer, A., Conrad, D., Elbert, T., Kolassa, I.-T., Wilker, S. (2020).
Does cumulative exposure to traumatic stressors predict treatment outcome of community-implemented exposure-based therapy for PTSD?
European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 11:1, 1789323

Siehl, S., Robjant, K., Crombach, A. (2020).
Systematic review and meta-analyses of the long-term efficacy of narrative exposure therapy for adults, children and perpetrators
Psychotherapy Research

Findings on Narrative Exposure Therapy

(de) vivo Mitglied Thomas Elbert erhält Auszeichung

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(de) vivo Mitglied Thomas Elbert erhält Auszeichung

Conference in Norway “NET developments and clinical practice”

Organized by Hakon Stenmark (RVTS: Center for Violence, Traumatic Stress and Suicide Prevention Mid Norway) and Per Mossegaard (resource Center for Trauma Support, Sweden) together with vivo international e.V. a 2-days conference entitled „NET- developments and clinical practice“ was held on October 24 and 25 at the Quality Hotel Augustin in Trondheim, Norway. The 74 participants, scientists and practitioners working in mental health institutions in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland, Germany, The Netherlands, England, USA, and the Democratic Republic of Kongo greatly benefitted from a rich program: Informative and inspiring field reports on the implementation of NET (and its variants) in various settings and contexts, and its efficiency in different populations suffering from the consequences of trauma and violence, were crowned by impressive key notes by Katy Robjant (Freedom from Torture, London, UK) on human trafficking, and Thomas Elbert (vivo international e.V. and University of Konstanz, Germany) on the societal roots and the societal implications of violence and traumatization. Presentations provided an inspiring basis for intense exchange among participants, new contacts and future collaborations. The audience greatly acknowledged the initiative and the arrangement with much applause and appreciation for the organizers.

Conference in Norway “NET developments and clinical practice”

vivo at the Humanitarian Congress Berlin 2018

This year, the 20th anniversary of the Humanitarian Congress Berlin took place. The Congress is held by Médecins Sans Frontières/ Doctors without Borders (MSF), Doctors of the World, the German Red Cross and the Berlin Chamber of Physicians and is a platform for international NGOs to discuss the major issues and challenges of humanitarian action. vivo international presented itself as an NGO with an information booth and two talks.

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vivo at the Humanitarian Congress Berlin 2018

Improving care in orphanages

Hecker, T., Hermenau, K. (2018).
Improving Care Quality and Preventing Maltreatment in Institutional Care in Sub-Saharan Africa.
ISTSS Stress Points.

Improving care in orphanages

NET for survivors of a natural disaster in Burundi

Crombach, A., Siehl, S. (2018).
Impact and cultural acceptance of the narrative exposure therapy in the aftermath of a natural disaster in Burundi.
BMC Psychiatry, 18:233.

NET for survivors of a natural disaster in Burundi

(de) Traumatisierte Flüchtlinge

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(de) Traumatisierte Flüchtlinge

vivo at the Global Mental Health Conference

King’s Health Partners are hosting a 2-day conference on Global Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in London, UK on 5th and 6th June 2017. With new approaches to solving the mental health care challenges of our local communities, this conference will showcase exceptional psychosocial approaches to mental health problems which have been developed across the world at individual, community and global levels.
We are happy to announce that Amani Chibashima Christian and Dr. Katy Robjant will speak for vivo international about using Narrative Exposure Therapy in the treatment of PTSD in victims of SGBV and former child soldiers in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

For more information, please follow this link.

vivo at the Global Mental Health Conference

vivo-member receives an award

During the annual meeting 2017 in Zurich of the German speaking society for psychotraumatology (Deutschsprachige Gesellschaft für Psychotraumatologie – DeGPT) vivo-member Dr Tobias Hecker received an award for his work in Tanzania „Consequences and prevention of violence in education: Contributing to a childhood free of violence for vulnerable children in low-income countries – the example of Tanzania”. Congratulations!

vivo-member receives an award

Honorary awards for two vivo-members

Two vivo founding members Prof. Dr. Thomas Elbert and Dr. Maggie Schauer received the Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker-Prize for their outstanding research on the consequences of traumatic experiences. The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and the “Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft” give the Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker-Prize to researchers who “have made a significant scientific contribution to tackling the great challenges facing society today”.

Many congratulations to both!

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Honorary awards for two vivo-members

Therapy for traumatized refugees

German article on the dissemination of psychotherapy modules for traumatized refugees. Experience gained from trauma work in crisis and conflict regions.

Elbert, T., Wilker, S., Schauer, M., Neuner, F. (2016)
Dissemination psychotherapeutischer Module für traumatisierte Geflüchtete. Erkenntnisse aus der Traumaarbeit in Krisen- und Kriegsregionen.
Nervenarzt.

German article on the dissemination of psychotherapy modules for traumatized refugees. Experience gained from trauma work in crisis and conflict regions.

Therapy for traumatized refugees

Posttraumatic stress in war-affected youth

Winkler, N., Ruf-Leuschner, M., Ertl, V., Pfeiffer, A., Schalinski, I., Ovuga, E., Neuner, F., Elbert, T. (2015).
From war to classroom: PTSD and depression in formerly abducted youth in Uganda.
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 6, 2.

Posttraumatic stress in war-affected youth

The Nairobi Position Statement on Refugee and IDP Mental Health Care

This statement is the product of a first workshop initiated by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research that brought together a group of established and young researchers, clinicians and NGOs discussing ways to integrate the mental health care of displaced people into African national mental health care systems. In this paper, the group called for a better cooperation between national mental health care systems and international organizations supporting the mental health of displaced people. They criticized the situation that in many countries parallel mental health care systems are established and that both systems suffered from lack of resources. The group recommended that national mental health systems should be build up and further developed in the context of serving displaced peoples’ mental health needs. They identified several obstacles, e.g. the unwillingness of governments to prioritize mental health care and the challenge for NGOs to cooperate with government structures.
For the Nairobi Position Statement on Refugee and IDP Mental Health Care please follow this link.

The Nairobi Position Statement on Refugee and IDP Mental Health Care

vivo members receive awards

On the occasion of the 34. Annual Symposium of the Department of Clinical Psychology of the German Society for Psychology, hosted by the Biefeld University in May 2016, two vivo members received two of three given awards.

Regina Saile received the Young Academic Award for her dissertation-related publication “Children of the post-war years: A two-generational multi-level risk assessment of child psychopathology in northern Uganda“ (published in Development and Psychopathology, 2015).

Thomas Elbert received a Mentor Award as one of the two best supervisors of PhD theses, awarded by the Young Members of the society based on votings of the doctoral students.

Congratulations to both!

Thomas Elbert received a Mentor Award as one of the two best supervisors of PhD theses, awarded by the Young Members of the society based on votings of the doctoral students.

Congratulations to both!

vivo members receive awards

Presenting vivo’s work at the annual meeting of the DeGPT

Several vivo-members presented vivo’s work on the 18. annual meeting of the german speaking society for psychotraumatology (DeGPT) from 10. to 12. March 2016.

Dr. Maggie Schauer promotes in her lecture “Mental health first!” a paradigm shift in the care systems for refugees in Germany. Dr. Thomas Elbert presented the trauma-work with street children, gangs, former child soldiers and unaccompanied minor refugees. Dr. Tobias Hecker talked in two symposia about trauma and memory as well as trauma and violence.

Several vivo-members presented vivo’s work on the 18. annual meeting of the german speaking society for psychotraumatology (DeGPT) from 10. to 12. March 2016.

Presenting vivo’s work at the annual meeting of the DeGPT

German-African research workshop

for innovation in African health care systems

In February, the first German-African research workshop for innovation in African health care systems took place in Nairobi.

The workshop received high interest. In total, 54 participants and representatives from seven national and six international societies came together including African and German clinicians, scientists, representatives from universities and NGOs, well established researchers and talented young academics who could be supported with travel grants.

In 27 presentations and three round table discussions epidemiological aspects of mental health care for refugees as well as current challenges in health care systems were discussed in order to find new methods for innovation in health care and treatment.

The participants compiled the Nairobi Position Statement on Refugee and IDP Mental Health Care, which provides recommendations for further steps for improving mental health care in African countries.

for innovation in African health care systems

In February, the first German-African research workshop for innovation in African health care systems took place in Nairobi.

German-African research workshop

The Mass Refugee Movement – Better Reframed as Mental Health Crisis?

Dr Maggie Schauer’s thoughts on the current refugee movement, the causes of migration and flight as well as its consequences on mental health published in the ISTSS stress points, a quarterly news letter for ISTSS members. To read the article, please follow this link.

The Mass Refugee Movement – Better Reframed as Mental Health Crisis?

Psychological needs of refugees and internally displaced people

German-African research workshop for innovation in African health care systems

Nairobi, February 24-26, 2016

In cooperation with vivo international this research workshop will take place in Kenya this month. With this research workshop we want to contribute to build up networks between Germany and African countries in order to further develop a research field that contributes to improve the lives of displaced people. This workshop is addressed to researchers, NGOs as well as national and international decision makers and organizations.

For further information, please follow this link to the workshop’s website.

German-African research workshop for innovation in African health care systems

Nairobi, February 24-26, 2016

For further information, please follow this link to the workshop’s website.

Psychological needs of refugees and internally displaced people

Family violence and trauma

Catani, C., Sossalla, I. (2015).
Child abuse predicts adult PTSD symptoms among individuals diagnosed with intellectual disabilities.
Frontiers in Psychology, 6:1600.

Crombach, A., Bambonyé, M. (2015).
Intergenerational violence in Burundi: Experienced childhood maltreatment increases the risk of abusive child rearing and intimate partner violence.
European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 6:26995.

Saile, R., Ertl, V., Neuner, F., Catani, C. (2015).
Children of the postwar years: A two-generational multilevel risk assessment of child psychopathology in northern Uganda.
Development and Psychopathology.

Sriskandarajah, V., Neuner, F., Catani, C. (2015).
Predictors of Violence Against Children in Tamil Families in Northern Sri Lanka.
Social Science and Medicine, 146:257-265.

Catani, C., Sossalla, I. (2015).
Child abuse predicts adult PTSD symptoms among individuals diagnosed with intellectual disabilities.
Frontiers in Psychology, 6:1600.

Sriskandarajah, V., Neuner, F., Catani, C. (2015).
Predictors of Violence Against Children in Tamil Families in Northern Sri Lanka.
Social Science and Medicine, 146:257-265.

Family violence and trauma

Interventions focusing on caregiving

Hermenau, K., Kaltenbach, E., Mkinga, G., & Hecker, T. (2015).
Improving care quality and preventing maltreatment in institutional care – a feasibility study with caregivers.
Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 937.

Wieling, E., Mehus, C., Möllerherm, J., Neuner, F., Laura, A., Catani, C.(2015).
Assessing the Feasibility of Providing a Parenting Intervention for War-Affected Families in Northern Uganda.
Fam Community Health, 38(3), pp. 253–268.

Interventions focusing on caregiving

(de) Internationale Anerkennung für vivos Arbeit

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(de) Internationale Anerkennung für vivos Arbeit

NET with traumatised offenders

Crombach, C., Elbert, T.(2015).
Controlling Offensive Behavior Using Narrative Exposure Therapy: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Former Street Children.
Clinical Psychological Science, 3(2), 270-282

Hecker, T., Hermenau, K., Crombach, A., & Elbert, T. (2015).
Treating traumatized offenders and veterans by means of narrative exposure therapy.
Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 80.

Hermenau K, Hecker T, Schaal S, Mädl A, Elbert T (2013).
Addressing posttraumatic stress and aggression by means of Narrative Exposure: a randomized controlled trial with Ex-Combatants in the Eastern DRC.
Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 22:8, 916-934.

Köbach, A., Schaal, S., Hecker, T., Elbert, T. (2015).
Psychotherapeutic Intervention in the Demobilization Process: Addressing Combat- related Mental Injuries with Narrative Exposure in a First and Second Dissemination Stage.
Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy.

Hecker, T., Hermenau, K., Crombach, A., & Elbert, T. (2015).
Treating traumatized offenders and veterans by means of narrative exposure therapy.
Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 80.

NET with traumatised offenders

Recent studies about NET

Ertl, V., Pfeiffer, A., Schauer, E., Elbert T, Neuner, F. (2011).
Community-implemented trauma therapy for former child soldiers in Northern Uganda: a randomized controlled trial.
JAMA, 306(5), 503-12.

Jacob, N., Neuner, F., Mädl, A., Schaal, S., & Elbert, T. (2014).
Dissemination of psychotherapy for trauma-spectrum disorders in resource-poor countries: a randomized controlled trial in Rwanda.
Psychotherapy & Psychosomatics.

Pabst, A., Schauer, M., Bernhardt, K., Ruf, M., Goder, R., Rosentraeger, R., Elbert, T., Aldenhoff, J. & Seeck-Hirschner, M. (2012).
Treatment of patients with borderline personality disorder and comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder using Narrative Exposure Therapy: a feasibility study.
Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 81, 61-63.

Robjant, K. & Fazel, M. (2010).
The emerging evidence for Narrative Exposure Therapy: a review.
Clin Psychol Reviews, 30, 8,1030-9.

Stenmark, H., Catani, C., Neuner, F., Elbert, T., & Holen, A. (2013).
Treating PTSD in refugees and asylum seekers within the general health care system. A randomized controlled multicenter study.
Behaviour research and therapy, Vol 51(10), 641-647.

Robjant, K. & Fazel, M. (2010).
The emerging evidence for Narrative Exposure Therapy: a review.
Clin Psychol Reviews, 30, 8,1030-9.

Recent studies about NET

Mental health and research in conflict settings

Ertl, V., Pfeiffer, A., Saile, R., Schauer, E., Elbert, T., Neuner, F. (2010).
Validation of a mental health assessment in an African conflict population.
Psychol Assessment 22(2), 318-24.

Neuner, F. (2010).
Assisting war-torn populations – Should we prioritize reducing daily stressors to improve mental health? Comment on Miller and Rasmussen (2010).
Soc Sci Med.

Neuner, F., Elbert, T. (2007).
The mental health in conflict settings: Can scientific research help?
BMC Public Health, 7:275.

Ertl, V., Pfeiffer, A., Saile, R., Schauer, E., Elbert, T., Neuner, F. (2010).
Validation of a mental health assessment in an African conflict population.
Psychol Assessment 22(2), 318-24.

Neuner, F. (2010).
Assisting war-torn populations – Should we prioritize reducing daily stressors to improve mental health? Comment on Miller and Rasmussen (2010).
Soc Sci Med.

Neuner, F., Elbert, T. (2007).
The mental health in conflict settings: Can scientific research help?
BMC Public Health, 7:275.

Mental health and research in conflict settings

Research on traumatic stress and asylum seekers

Neuner, F., Kurreck, S., Ruf, M., Odenwald, M., Elbert, T., Schauer, M.(2010).
Can asylum-seekers with posttraumatic stress disorder be successfully treated? A randomized controlled pilot study.
Cogn Behav Ther, 39(2), 81-91.

Ruf, M., Schauer, M., Neuner, F., Catani, C., Schauer, E., Elbert, T.(2010).
Narrative exposure therapy for 7- to 16-year-olds: A randomized controlled trial with traumatized refugee children.
Journal of Traumatic Stress.

Research on traumatic stress and asylum seekers

Post-traumatic stress in children from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan

Catani, C. , Gewirtz, A., Wieling, E., Schauer, E., Elbert, T., Neuner, F. (2010).
Tsunami, war, and cumulative risk in the life of Sri Lankan school children.
Child Development, 81(4), 1176-91.

Catani, C. , Kohiladevy, M., Ruf, M., Schauer, E., Elbert, T. & Neuner, F.(2009).
Treating children traumatized by war and Tsunami: A comparison between exposure therapy and meditation-relaxation in North-East Sri Lanka.
BMC Psychiatry, 9:22.

Catani, C. , Schauer, E., Elbert, T., Missmahl, I., Bette, J.-P., Neuner, F. (2009).
War trauma, child labor and family violence: Life adversities and PTSD in a sample of school children in Kabul.
Journal of Traumatic Stress, 22(3), 163-171.

Catani, C. , Jacob N., Schauer, E., Kohila, M., Neuner, F.(2008).
Family violence, war, and natural disasters: Effect of extreme stress on children’s mental health in Sri Lanka.
BMC Psychiatry, 8:33.

Catani, C., Schauer, E., & Neuner, F. (2008). Beyond individual war trauma: domestic violence against children in Afghanistan and Sri Lanka.
J Marital Fam Ther, 34(2), 165-176.

Elbert, T., Schauer, M., Schauer, E., Huschka, B., Hirth, M., Neuner, F. (2009).
Trauma-related impairment in children – a survey in Sri Lankan provinces affected by armed conflict.
Child Abuse and Neglect, 33, 238-246.

Neuner, F., Schauer, E., Catani, C., Ruf, M. & Elbert, T. (2006).
Post-tsunami Stress: A Study of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Children living in three severely Affected Regions in Sri Lanka.
Journal of Traumatic Stress, 19(3), 339-347.

Catani, C. , Gewirtz, A., Wieling, E., Schauer, E., Elbert, T., Neuner, F. (2010).
Tsunami, war, and cumulative risk in the life of Sri Lankan school children.
Child Development, 81(4), 1176-91.

Catani, C., Schauer, E., & Neuner, F. (2008). Beyond individual war trauma: domestic violence against children in Afghanistan and Sri Lanka.
J Marital Fam Ther, 34(2), 165-176.

Post-traumatic stress in children from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan

Articles on vivo’s work in Rwanda

Schaal, S., Elbert, T. & Neuner, F. (2009).
Prolonged grief disorder and depression in widows due to the Rwandan genocide.
Omega, 59(3), 203-219.

Schaal, S., Elbert, T., & Neuner, F. (2009).
Narrative Exposure Therapy versus interpersonal psychotherapy. A pilot randomized controlled trial with Rwandan genocide orphans.
Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.

Schaal, S. & Elbert, T. (2006).
Ten Years after the Genocide: Trauma Confrontation and Posttraumatic Stress in Rwandan Adolescents.
Journal of Traumatic Stress, 19(1), 95-105.

Schaal, S., Elbert, T. & Neuner, F. (2009).
Prolonged grief disorder and depression in widows due to the Rwandan genocide.
Omega, 59(3), 203-219.

Schaal, S. & Elbert, T. (2006).
Ten Years after the Genocide: Trauma Confrontation and Posttraumatic Stress in Rwandan Adolescents.
Journal of Traumatic Stress, 19(1), 95-105.

Articles on vivo’s work in Rwanda

Findings on substance abuse

Odenwald, M., Hinkel, H., Schauer, E., Schauer, M., Elbert, T., Neuner, F. & Rockstroh, B. (2009).
Use of khat and posttraumatic stress disorder as risk factors for psychotic symptoms: a study of Somali combatants.

Social Science and Medicine, 69, 1040-1048.Odenwald, M., Hinkel, H. & Schauer, E. (2007).
Challenges for a future reintegration programme in Somalia: outcomes of an assessment on drug abuse, psychological distress and preferences for reintegration assistance.
Intervention, 5(2), 124-129.

Odenwald, M., Hinkel, H., Schauer, E., Neuner, F., Schauer, M., Elbert, T. & Rockstroh, B. (2007).
The Consumption of Khat and Other Drugs in Somali Combatants: A Cross-Sectional Study.
PLoS Med, 4(12): e341.

Odenwald, M., Lingenfelder, B. & Peschel, W. (2008).
Psychotic disorder, khat abuse and aggressive behavior: a case report in Somalia.
African Journal of Drug and Alcohol Studies, Vol. 7(1), 59-63.

Odenwald, M., Lingenfelder, B., Schauer, M., Neuner, F., Rockstroh, B., Hinkel, H., Elbert, T. (2007). Screening for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among Somali ex-combatants: A validation study.
BMC Conflict and Health, 1:10.

Odenwald, M., Neuner, F., Schauer, M., Elbert, T., Catani, C., Lingenfelder, B., Hinkel, H., Häfner, H., Rockstroh, B. (2005).
Khat use as risk factor for psychotic disorders: A cross-sectional and case-control study in Somalia.
BMC Med, 3(1):5.

Findings on substance abuse

Further articles on NET

Bichescu, D., Neuner, F., Schauer, M., Elbert, T. (2007).
Narrative Exposure therapy of political imprisonment-related chronic posttraumatic stress disorder and depression.
Behaviour Research and Therapy , 45(9), 2212-20.

Neuner, F., Catani, C., Ruf, M., Schauer, E., Schauer, M. & Elbert, T. (2008).
Narrative Exposure Therapy for the treatment of child and adolescent war victims: From neurobiology to field intervention.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 17, 641-664.

Neuner, F., Onyut, P., Ertl. V., Schauer, E., Odenwald, M. & Elbert, T. (2008).
Treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder by trained lay counsellors in an African refugee settlement – a randomized controlled trial.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76, 686-694.

Onyut, P.L., Neuner F., Schauer E., Ertl V., Odenwald, M., Schauer, M., Elbert T. (2005).
Narrative Exposure Therapy as a treatment for child war survivors with posttraumatic stress disorder: Two case reports and a pilot study in an African refugee settlement.
BMC Psychiatry, 5:7.

Further articles on NET

Findings on post-traumatic stress

Elbert T., Schauer, M. (2002).
Psychological trauma: Burnt into memory.
Nature, 419, 883.

Karunakara, U., Neuner, F., Schauer, M., Singh, K., Hill, K., Elbert, T., Burnham G. (2004).
Traumatic Events and Symptoms of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder amongst Sudanese nationals, refugees and Ugandan nationals in the West Nile.
African Health Sciences, 4(2), 83-93.

Neuner, F., Schauer, M., Karunakara, U., Klaschik, C., Robert C., Elbert, T. (2004).
Psychological trauma and evidence for enhanced vulnerability for PTSD through previous trauma in West Nile refugees.
BMC Psychiatry, 4: 34.

Onyut, P.L., Neuner F., Schauer E., Ertl V., Odenwald, M., Schauer, M., Elbert T. (2004).
The Nakivale Camp Mental Health Project: Building local competency for psychological assistance to traumatised refugees.
Intervention,2 (2), 90-107.

Elbert T., Schauer, M. (2002).
Psychological trauma: Burnt into memory.
Nature, 419, 883.

Findings on post-traumatic stress

Articles about the beginnings of NET

Neuner, F., Schauer, M., Karunakara, U., Klaschik, C., & Elbert, T. (2004).
A Comparison of Narrative Exposure Therapy, Supportive Counseling and Psychoeducation for Treating Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in an African Refugee Settlement.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 72(4), 579-587.

Neuner, F., Schauer, M., Elbert, T., & Roth, W. T. (2002).
A Narrative Exposure Treatment as intervention in a Macedonia’s refugee camp: a case report.
Journal of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 30, 205-209.

Neuner, F., Schauer, M., & Elbert, T. (2001).
Testimony-Therapie als Psychotherapie für Überlebende staatlicher Gewalt (translation of title: ‘testimony-therapy for survivors of state-supported violence’).
Zeitschrift für Politische Psychologie, 9, 585-600

Schauer, E., Neuner, F., Elbert, T., Ertl, V., Onyut., Odenwald, M., and Schauer M. (2004).
Narrative Exposure Therapy in Children: A Case Study.
Intervention, 2(1), 18-32.

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