Project Type
Research proposal
Primary Department
Marriage and Family Therapy
Description
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of culturally adaptive, trauma-informed Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) on Cambodian refugees with PTSD, depression, and/or somatic symptom disorder. Participants will be drawn from a geographical area with the largest concentration of Cambodian Americans in the Seattle, Washington area. Eligible participants are adults who have been diagnosed with PTSD, major depression, and/or somatoform disorders who have lived in Cambodia at some point during the Khmer Rouge regime before resettling in Seattle. Half of the participants will be offered trauma-focused EFIT while the other half will receive their usual psychiatric and general medical care. Participants will complete self-reported assessments for PTSD, major depression, and somatic symptom disorders prior to the study and also at a 12-month follow-up. Our hypothesis is that the use of trauma-informed psychotherapy will reduce symptoms of PTSD, major depression, and somatic symptom disorders among Cambodian refugees compared to the group participants who received their usual psychiatric and general medical care.
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Effects of Trauma-Informed, Culturally Adaptive EFIT Among U.S. Cambodian Refugees
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of culturally adaptive, trauma-informed Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) on Cambodian refugees with PTSD, depression, and/or somatic symptom disorder. Participants will be drawn from a geographical area with the largest concentration of Cambodian Americans in the Seattle, Washington area. Eligible participants are adults who have been diagnosed with PTSD, major depression, and/or somatoform disorders who have lived in Cambodia at some point during the Khmer Rouge regime before resettling in Seattle. Half of the participants will be offered trauma-focused EFIT while the other half will receive their usual psychiatric and general medical care. Participants will complete self-reported assessments for PTSD, major depression, and somatic symptom disorders prior to the study and also at a 12-month follow-up. Our hypothesis is that the use of trauma-informed psychotherapy will reduce symptoms of PTSD, major depression, and somatic symptom disorders among Cambodian refugees compared to the group participants who received their usual psychiatric and general medical care.
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