Treatment of post traumatic stress disorder following an armed robbery : a case study testing the transportability of trauma-focused cognitive-behavioural therapy to urban Africans

Drake, B; Edwards, David J A

Title: Treatment of post traumatic stress disorder following an armed robbery : a case study testing the transportability of trauma-focused cognitive-behavioural therapy to urban Africans
Creator: Drake, B
Creator: Edwards, David J A
Date Issued: 2012
Date: 2012
Type: Article
Identifier: vital:6225
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007775
Description: John, an urban African male who developed post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following an armed robbery at the petrol station where he worked, was treated with 12 sessions of Trauma-focused cognitive behaviour therapy. Intervention involved a combination of psycho-education, prolonged imaginal exposure, cognitive restructuring and behavioural assignments. This article is a systematic case study of his treatment which included a comprehensive narrative and tracking of progress by means of the Post traumatic Diagnostic Scale. John responded well to the treatment, finding it acceptable and credible and remained free of PTSD symptoms at 15 months follow up. It is argued, based on the principles of Elliott’s Hermeneutic Single Case Efficacy Design, that there is evidence from within the narrative that it was the treatment that led to remission of symptoms. This case study demonstrates the cognitive, emotional and behavioural processes underlying John’s PTSD, which fits with those extensively described in the research literature, and that this evidence-based treatment developed in a westernised context is transportable to work with urban Africans.
Format: 10 pages
Format: pdf
Publisher: Journal of Psychology in Africa
Language: English
Relation: Drake,B.and Edwards,D.J.A. (2012)Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Following an Armed Robbery: A Case Study Testing the Transportability of Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy to Urban Africans. Journal of Psychology in Africa 2012, 22(3), 359–368.ISSN 1433-0237
Rights: Drake,B and Edwards,D J A

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