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    The efficacy of Narrative Exposure Therapy for Children (KIDNET) as a treatment for traumatized young refugees versus treatment as usual: update to the study protocol for the multi-center randomized controlled trial YOURTREAT

    The trial YOURTREAT aims to compare the pragmatic, short-term psychotherapy Narrative Exposure Therapy for Children (KIDNET) with treatment as usual (TAU) for the treatment of young refugees in Germany. This u...

    Jasmin Wittmann, Melissa Groß, Claudia Catani, Telja Schmidt, Sina Neldner in Trials (2022)

  2. Article

    Open Access

    The efficacy of Narrative Exposure Therapy for Children (KIDNET) as a treatment for traumatized young refugees versus treatment as usual: study protocol for a multi-center randomized controlled trial (YOURTREAT)

    Germany hosts a large number of refugees from war-affected countries. The integration of refugees, in particular young refugees from the Middle East, is one of the major current social challenges in Germany. M...

    Sarah Wilker, Claudia Catani, Jasmin Wittmann, Melissa Preusse, Telja Schmidt in Trials (2020)

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    Trauma and perceived social rejection among Yazidi women and girls who survived enslavement and genocide

    In August 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a terrorist organization, attacked the Yazidi’s ancestral homeland in northwestern Iraq. Among other atrocities, they abducted thousands of women and...

    Hawkar Ibrahim, Verena Ertl, Claudia Catani, Azad Ali Ismail, Frank Neuner in BMC Medicine (2018)

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    Automatic activation of alcohol cues by child maltreatment related words: a replication attempt in a different treatment setting

    A growing body of research attempts to clarify the underlying mechanisms of the association between emotional maltreatment and alcohol dependence (AD). In a preceding study, we found considerable support for a...

    Nadine Potthast, Frank Neuner, Claudia Catani in BMC Research Notes (2017)

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    Khat use as risk factor for psychotic disorders: A cross-sectional and case-control study in Somalia

    Little is known about the prevalence of khat-induced psychotic disorders in East African countries, where the chewing of khat leaves is common. Its main psycho-active component cathinone produces effects simil...

    Michael Odenwald, Frank Neuner, Maggie Schauer, Thomas Elbert in BMC Medicine (2005)