Providing manualized individual trauma-focused CBT to unaccompanied refugee minors with uncertain residence status: a pilot study.
Johanna UnterhitzenbergerSvenja WintersohlMargret LangJulia KönigRita RosnerPublished in: Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health (2019)
Intervention studies are feasible with URMs. This pilot study presents preliminary evidence for the efficacy of an evidence-based intervention like TF-CBT in reducing PTSD symptoms in URMs. Stressors related to asylum proceedings after the end of therapy have the potential to negatively influence psychotherapy outcomes.