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Mahmoudi-Gharaei J, Mohammadi Mr, Bina M, Yasami Mt, Fakour Y,
Volume 64, Issue 8 (13 2006)
Abstract
Background: Psychological debriefing has been widely advocated for routine use following major traumatic events. Cognitive Behavioral Interventions, art supportive therapies, and sport and recreational support activities are other interventions for reducing posttraumatic stress disorder. We assessed the effects of theses methods individually and in combination on reduction posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in adolescents who had experienced Bam earthquake.
Methods: In a field trial, we evaluated the efficacy of psychological debriefing, group cognitive-behavioral therapy, art and sport supportive interventions in 200 adolescents with PTSD symptoms who survived of Bam earthquake and compare it with a control group. Patients were randomly assigned to one of intervention programs including: group cognitive-behavioral therapy group CBT plus art and sport interventions art and sport interventions without group CBT and control group.
Results: Thirty one individuals were excluded because of migration. A statistically significant reduction in overall PTSD symptoms as well as in avoidance symptoms was observed after group cognitive-behavioral therapy. There was no significant difference in reduction of overall PTSD and avoidance symptoms between the other groups.
Conclusion: Psychological interventions in form of group cognitive behavioral therapy can reduce the symptoms of PTSD symptoms but we couldn't find the art and sport supportive therapy alone or in combination with group CBT to be useful in this regard.
Fakour Y, Mahmoudi-Gharaei J, Mohammadi Mr, Karimi M, Azar M, Momtaz-Bakhsh M,
Volume 64, Issue 9 (1 2006)
Abstract
Background: Many studies have shown the efficacy of cognitive – behavioral
therapy and psychological debriefing in treatment of post traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD) and a few evidences are available for using these techniques
in large scale disasters. This study aimed to asses the effect of some
psychological interventions in reducing PTSD symptoms after Bam earthquake
in different age groups.
Methods: In a before-after quasi experimental clinical trial, we compared the
efficacy of one session of psychological debriefing and three sessions of group
cognitive-behavioral therapy in bam earthquake PTSD symptoms in different
age groups. We evaluated PTSD symptoms before and immediately and three
months after interventions by CASP scaling system and analyzed data.
Results: one hundred and thirty persons entered in the study and 51 persons
excluded during interventions because of migration. Interventions were
showed to be effective only in short term period. The means of PTSD
symptoms frequency and severity of avoidance symptoms were reduced during
three months period of study which were statistically significant P<0.05.
Interventions showed no efficacy for recall symptoms in long term and hyper
arousal symptoms in short term and long term periods. There was no
statistically significant difference among age groups.
Conclusion: Psychosocial supportive interventions may be effective on some
of the PTSD symptoms but there is no difference in different age groups.
