Study

Intervention

Design

Major findings

Mooren et al., (2003)

-Bosnia

(Aug. 1994-Sept. 1999)

Brief trauma focused therapy

-Naturalistic comparative design: treatment (n = 5056), comparison group (n = 102)

General Health, Coping:

-Clinically recovered: General Health 12.8%, Coping with Trauma 15.5%

-Improved: General Health 54.5%, Coping with Trauma 23.1%

-No improvement: General Health 32.7%, Coping with Trauma 61.4%

-Deteriorated: General Health 8.7%, Coping with Trauma 9.7%

Tol et al., 2009

-Nepal (Nov. 2003- Nov. 2004)

Problem solving & stress reducing counseling + psychotropics

-Naturalistic comparative design: treatment (n = 111)

-Follow-up (5 months)

PTSD: no clear improvements Depression, Anxiety: no clear improvements Somatic symptom, disability and functioning: significant decrease at follow-up

Sonderegger et al., 2010

-Uganda

(September 2006)

Culturalized CBT intervention

-Controlled trial: experimental (n = 202) -Follow-up (3 months)

Local Depression, Anxiety syndromes: Significant changes Social functioning Pro-social behavior: significant changes

-Unacceptable social behavior: No effect

Bass et al., 2011

-Indonesia (2007)

Non-specific problem solving group counseling

-Controlled trial

(n = 420)

Anxiety/depression: no effect for intervention group Somatic symptoms: small effect size intervention group Functioning: no significant difference Coping: Males: significantly increased use of coping mechanisms