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A Spiritual-Hypnosis Assisted Treatment of Children with PTSD after the 2002 Bali Terrorist Attack

2009; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 52; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/00029157.2009.10401689

2160-0562

Cokorda Bagus Jaya Lesmana, Luh Ketut Suryani, Gordon D. Jensen, Niko Tiliopoulos,

Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health

Abstract The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a spiritual-hypnosis assisted therapy (SHAT) for treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children. All children, age 6–12 years (N=226; 52.7% females), who experienced the terrorist bomb blasts in Bali in 2002, and subsequently were diagnosed with PTSD were studied, through a longitudinal, quasi-experimental (pre-post test), single-blind, randomized control design. Of them, 48 received group SHAT (treatment group), and 178 did not receive any therapy (control group). Statistically significant results showed that SHAT produced a 77.1% improvement rate, at a two-year follow up, compared to 24% in the control group, while at the same time, the mean PTSD symptom score differences were significantly lower in the former group. We conclude that the method of spiritual-hypnosis is highly effective, economic, and easily implemented, and has a potential for therapy of PTSD in other cultures or other catastrophic life-threatening events. 2002nen no Bari-toh tero kougeki go ni PTSD o kakaeta jidoh eno Spiritual-Hypnosis Assisted Treatment Hon kenkyu no mokuteki wa, kodomo no shin-teki-gaisho-go-sutoresu-shoukoh-gun (PTSD) no chiryou eno spiritual-hypnosis assisted therapy (SHAT) no yukoh-sei o kensho suru koto ni aru. 2002nen no Bari-toh bakudan tero o keiken shi, nochi ni PTSD no shindan o uketa nenrei 6-12sai no kodomotachi subete ga(N=226; josei 52.7%), choh-ki-teki, jun-jikken dezain(jizen-jigo hikaku), tan-mohken, musakui-ka-hikaku keikaku ni yotte chousa sareta. Sonouchi, 48nin wa SHAT o uke (chiryou-gun), 178nin wa nani mo chiryou o ukena katta (tousei-gun). Toukei-teki ni yuui na kekka to shite, SHAT wa 77.1% no wariai de kaizen shi, 2nen go no tsuiseki chousa de, 24% no tousei-gun tono hikaku de, doh-jiki nagara, zen-gun no hou ga heikin PTSD-tokuten no saga yuui ni hikui koto ga wakatta. Spiritual-hypnosis shuhou wa, hijou ni kouka-teki de, keizai-teki de aru koto, mata tano bunka-teki na koto ya betsu na saigai de seikatsu o obiyakasareru koto ni yru PTSD no chiryou nimo senzai-teki kouka ga aru to ketsuron zuketa. Key Words: Spiritual-HypnosisSHATPTSDtreatmentterrorismchildren