Derailed by a sugar daddy: An investigation of the failed treatment of an adolescent township rape survivor with PTSD

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dc.contributor.authorPadmanabhanunni, Anita
dc.contributor.authorEdwards, David J.A.
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-16T09:20:52Z
dc.date.available2018-05-16T09:20:52Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates the transportability of an evidence-based psychological intervention to local contexts by documenting the treatment process with an isi-Xhosa speaking Black South African adolescent. She was sexually assaulted on two separate occasions, the second incident involved a gang rape by several perpetrators and was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. She was treated using Ehlers and Clark’s (2000) cognitive therapy (ECCT). Systematic case study methodology was used. Treatment was partially successful as Lulama prematurely terminated after 11 sessions. Nevertheless, her case study highlights some of the challenges in working with adolescents from disadvantaged backgrounds characterised by dysfunctional home environments, parental psychopathology, community violence and the presence of perpetrators. The study identifies some of the obstacles that can be encountered when implementing trauma- focused interventions in local South African contexts and serves to sensitise practitioners to some of the conditions necessary for treatment to be effective.en_US
dc.description.accreditationDHET
dc.identifier.citationPadmanabhanunni, A. & Edwards, D.J.A. (2016). Derailed by a sugar daddy: An investigation of the failed treatment of an adolescent township rap survivor with PTSD. Child Abuse Research: A South African Journal, 17(2): 83 – 94.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1562-1383
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC198061
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/3679
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherSouth African Society on the Abuse of Children (SAPSAC)en_US
dc.rightsThis is the author-version of the article published online at: http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC198061
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectCognitive therapyen_US
dc.subjectPost-traumatic stress disorderen_US
dc.subjectSexual abuseen_US
dc.subjectSocial supporten_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectTreatment outcomeen_US
dc.titleDerailed by a sugar daddy: An investigation of the failed treatment of an adolescent township rape survivor with PTSDen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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