Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Model

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) in terms of general mental health symptoms, parenting, and emotional regulation skills compared with the outcome of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), which is the only treatment model used in Turkey. TF-CBT is an evidence-based model widely used in many countries to treat children and adolescents who experienced any kind of traumatic events and present trauma-related symptoms. However, its feasibility and effectiveness have not been tested in the Turkish culture yet, so that it is not a preferred model in Turkey. Moreover, few researches in the literature compared the outcomes of these two treatment approaches. In this study, voluntary participants will be selected from various Children Hospitals in Ankara and Istanbul. Approximately one - hundred trauma survivor children ages eight to sixteen and their caregivers will be randomly assigned to the intervention and the control groups. All children participants will complete Trauma Symptoms Checklist for Children (TSCC), Emotional Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ), and Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for Children and Adolescents (CAPS-CA) and caregivers …show more content…
Unfortunately community services or other social aid organizations are not effective as it is supposed to be to provide a treatment opportunity especially for people from low socio-economic status (SES). Even though insurance has full coverage for treatments provided by State hospitals, these hospitals cannot meet the need due to their limited capacity. So, existing mental health facilities do not seem to be promising in Turkey. Moreover, this situation supports the idea that most of traumatized children from low SES are not able to receive an effective and inclusive