Treatment

CETT offers rehabilitation treatment to traumatised refugees and immigrants who have been exposed to war, torture or other acts of organised violence.
The aim of the treatment is to ease mental and physical problems and help improve our patients' burdened everyday-life. Hopefully, this will prevent the development of secondary traumas with the children in the family, if there are any. Generally speaking, the purpose of the treatment is to make the patients feel:

• a reduction in physical and mental symptoms 
• the highest possible control of their own life
• that the social isolation is broken
• that their social competences have developed further

Premises of the patient

Personal resources and motivation to enter into a treatment procedure are important conditions for a sucessful treatment outcome. In cases where incidents of several simultaneous problems occur, e.g. torture trauma and medicine abuse, the primary problem is approached firstly, for the most part.

This means that the following groups of people are not admitted to a treatment at the CETT:

• persons with difficult psychotic conditions
• persons with an ongoing medicine, alcohol or drugs abuse
• persons who have not obtained asylum or residence permit

If problems other than war and torture trauma come to the surface before or during a treatment procedure, e.g. earlier injuries or abuse, then CETT can contribute with guidance regarding the possibilities to help the involved individual.

Visitation

The process of visitation at the CETT is very thorough. 12 working hours are used per single visitation.

The visitation consists of a professional statement carried out on the basis of two preliminary meetings - one with a psychologist and one with a social worker, maintaining the focus on the patient's social and mental constitution, respectfully. Preliminary meetings are followed up by a visitation conference where it is determined whether the patient will be admitted to a treatment at the CETT.

About the treatment

The type of treatment offered to a patient is decided upon their admittance to the CETT. Subsequently, the patient and the referring authority are informed about the treatment CETT offers and the reasons why.

CETT offers the following range of treatment types: 

• Individual, interdisciplinary treatment
• Individual, monodisciplinary treatment - usually with a psychologist
• Individual, interdisciplinary treatment at home (Outgoing team)
• Group, mono- or interdisciplinary treatment - mostly as psychoeducative courses

In general, psychological, somatic, social and cultural aspects are a part of the treatment at the CETT. This fact is reflected in the professions of the staff at our clinic and all the patients have the possibility of consulting a psychologist, physioterapist or social worker in accordance to their needs.

The psychologist's task is to help the patient to come to terms with and integrate the traumatic experiences and to promote the improvement of the complete level of functionality and encourage constructive future perspectives.

• Read more about the psychological treatment here.

The treatment is normally managed as talk therapy which is shaped as either a longer psychotherapeutical course, crisis conversations or supportive conversations.

The physiotherapist's task is to support the patient in the process of physical rehabilitation. The treatment aims to ease physical pain, create more tranquility and balance in the body, strengthen the body awareness of the patient and soothe any functional injuries.

• Read more about the physiotherapeutical treatment here.

The social worker's task is, in cooperation with the municipal social services, to ensure that the patient receives the necessary financial and practical support. The aim is to help the client live actively in Denmark as soon as the individual is prepared to do so.

• Read more about the social counselling here.

If there is reason to believe that the client has a particular psychiatric problem, then the procedure is such that the client is referred to CETT's psychiatric consultant in order to determine whether medication is required.

Regular treatment conferences ensure that the treatment efforts in every patient's case are evaluated. In this connection, further efforts are determined as well.

Referral procedures

In accordance to the laws now in force, a patient may be referred to a treatment at the CETT by either the general practitioner, hospitals, psychiatric departments or their municipal social counsellor.