TY - JOUR AU - Rossouw, Jaco AU - Yadin, Elna AU - Alexander, Debra AU - Seedat, Soraya PY - 2018 DA - 2018/09/06 TI - Prolonged exposure therapy and supportive counselling for posttraumatic stress disorder in adolescents in a community-based sample, including experiences of stakeholders: study protocol for a comparative randomized controlled trial using task-shifting JO - BMC Psychiatry SP - 288 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - There is a dearth of empirical evidence on the effectiveness of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments for adolescents with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in developing countries. The primary aim of the study is to examine the effects of prolonged exposure therapy compared with supportive counseling for adolescents with PTSD delivered by nurses trained as counselors. SN - 1471-244X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-018-1873-x DO - 10.1186/s12888-018-1873-x ID - Rossouw2018 ER -