Journal article

Publication year: 2011

Pages: 192-210

Journal: Gruppenpsychotherapie und Gruppendynamik

Volume number: 47

Issue number: 3

ISSN: 0017-4947

eISSN: 2196-7989

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.13109/grup.2011.47.3.192

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Abstract: 
Before leaving their home country, many refugees experienced traumata such as captivity, torture, rape, or murder. In exile they suffer from the insecure psychosocial situation. Accordingly, prevalence of specific post-traumatic symptoms and other mental disorders is increased in the refugee population. Western Public Health services are over-burdened with the number of refugees looking for therapeutic support. Because of this high demand, group therapy may be an applicable therapeutic approach to suit the deficit. Additionally, groups offer the opportunity to get in touch for isolated patients, and the group context is particularly suitable and important for strengthening interpersonal competences. The relevant concepts of group psychotherapy for traumatized refugees in terms of their effectiveness are reported and discussed. A self-developed concept for the treatment of traumatized refugees is introduced.

Harvard Citation style: Joksimovic, L., Woeller, W., Happ, M., Tress, W. and Kruse, J. (2011) Gruppentherapeutische Interventionen bei traumatisierten Flüchtlingen, Gruppenpsychotherapie und Gruppendynamik, 47(3), pp. 192-210. https://doi.org/10.13109/grup.2011.47.3.192

APA Citation style: Joksimovic, L., Woeller, W., Happ, M., Tress, W., & Kruse, J. (2011). Gruppentherapeutische Interventionen bei traumatisierten Flüchtlingen. Gruppenpsychotherapie und Gruppendynamik. 47(3), 192-210. https://doi.org/10.13109/grup.2011.47.3.192