Experimental intervention:
Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET), an evidence-based trauma-focussed treatment, suitable for survivors of prolonged and repeated exposure to traumatic stress and childhood adversity.
Control intervention:
Treatment as usual.
Follow-up per patient:
3 follow-up assessments- 4 weeks, 6 months,12 months and 24 months after end of experimental/ control intervention
Duration of intervention per patient:
Both treatment types will be conducted for 10-14 sessions of 60-90 min in length.
Additionally 5 sleep laboratory investigations (1 pre- and 4 post- intervention (4 weeks, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months after treatment)) will be carried out. Additionally the cortisol level in the hair and epigenetic markers will be recorded. The estimated observation time is 2 years.
