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Lending a Hand to Our Future: PTSD in Refugee Children and Youth

NCT02334566 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 588

Last updated 2019-02-04

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Summary

Immigrant and refugee children and youth are the fastest growing segment of Canadian society, but their mental health is too often overlooked even though their high rates of symptoms are increasingly of concern. These children and youth face the same developmental challenges as other children, but migration and resettlement amplify challenges and also create additional risks. Although a literature about the effects of immigrant family life on the mental health of children exists, very little research has examined the specific extent and implications of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among refugee children and youth. In addition, the best practice intervention strategies that most optimally support their mental health difficulties have not been evaluated. This study investigates the effectiveness of a treatment intervention in a sample of refugee children: Narrative Exposure Therapy or NET and KIDNET (developed for younger children), selected due to their documented superiority relative to other forms of treatment for children and youth with PTSD.

Conditions

  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

NET TX

Intervention procedures are a behavioral intervention (NET \& KIDNET) with 8-12 sessions administered on a weekly basis.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Unity Health Toronto

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Morton Beiser, M.D. · Unity Health Toronto

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-08-31
Primary Completion
2017-06-30
Completion
2017-06-30

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