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The effectiveness of psychotherapy with refugees and asylum seekers: preliminary results from an Austrian study
1Social Psychology, Ethnopsychoanalysis and Psychotraumatology Unit, Department of Psychology, Alps-Adria-University of Klagenfurt, Universitätsstrasse 65-67, 9020, Klagenfurt, Austria. walter.renner@uni-klu.ac.at
Abstract:
An Austrian Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) offered psychotherapy to 37 asylum seekers and refugees (21 of them female) with a mean age of 36.1 years (s = 7.5), with the majority of them from Chechnya or Afghanistan. Comparative data between the start of therapy and the time of evaluation revealed a highly significant positive effect (d = 0.77), while most therapies were still going on. By a retrospective measure of perceived change, 85% of the participants reported significant improvements. The results show that even under difficult conditions, when working with asylum seekers and refugees, psychotherapy can be effective.
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