title: Community-based PTSD treatment for ethnically diverse women who experienced intimate partner violence: a feasibility study.
abstract: The objectives of this study were to: (1) Determine the feasibility of a community-based intervention for Latinas with PTSD who experienced IPV; (2) Explore the intervention effectiveness in reducing PTSD and improving quality of life, social support and self-efficacy. This was a feasibility study, using intervention pre-test/post-test qualitative and quantitative data. The experience of living through and surviving IPV was far more important than ethnicity in cultural identity. Significant reductions in PTSD and MDD and increased self-efficacy were sustained 6-months post-intervention. Culturally relevant mental health IPV interventions can be feasible and appropriate across ethnic groups.
authors.affiliation: Atlanta VAMC, Nursing and Patient Care Services, Decatur, Georgia, USA and Emory University, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Atlanta , Georgia , USA.
authors.forename: Ursula A
authors.initials: UA
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: Kourou
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pich
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000208:ethnology / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012944:Social Support; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000208:ethnology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome