Theories of situational semantic and/or perceptual models may predict variation with differing world knowledge (Hagoort, Hald, Bastiaansen, & Petersson, 2004) or construal based on different sociosemiotic contexts (Bateman & Wildfeuer, 2014), but we predict modulation purely on the basis of exposure to narrative.
In setting forth our perspective on the recommended medical management of adult lead exposure, the narrative of this article focuses on four categories of health effects—hypertension, decrement in renal function, cognitive dysfunction, and adverse reproductive outcome that have been the subject of much recent research.
Thus, it remains unclear whether inquiring about a traumatic experience, for example during a psychodiagnostic interview, for expert opinion, or in the course of exposure-based therapies, such as narrative exposure therapy [ 32], causes a level of stress that activates the HPA axis and results in excessive cortisol excretion in PTSD patients.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), narrative exposure therapy (NET), testimony therapy (TT), and/or exposure therapy have been the most frequently studied interventions.
The participants of the study are up to 80 children (between 9 and 17 years of age) living in Finland who will attend Narrative Exposure Therapy or treatment as usual for posttraumatic stress symptoms due to exposure to armed conflict.
vivo developed Narrative Exposure Therapy as a standardized short-term approach based on the principles of cognitive behavioural exposure therapy by adapting the classical form of exposure therapy to meet the needs of traumatized survivors of war and torture [ 40- 42].
The most effective treatments for PTSD include cognitive behaviour therapy with a trauma focus, eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing therapy, as well as narrative exposure therapy.
AK Idea: Narrative exposure therapy (NET) for Uganda's former child soldiers, encouraging storytelling to help come to terms with their experiences.
Nick Taussig, co-founder of the Mtaala Foundation – a charity that sets up educational communities in Uganda, empowering Ugandans to help their own youth – says that narrative exposure, though not a new concept, appeals to Ugandan culture, "There's a strong oral tradition in Uganda, and these treatments build on that by committing the children's stories to paper, investing them with added meaning".
FORNET (Forensic Offender Rehabilitation Narrative Exposure Therapy) (n = 32) reduced the number of self-reported offenses committed [t(19.26) = 1.81, p = 0.043].
