On the efficacy of Narrative Exposure Therapy : a reply to Mundt et al

In their review article, Mundt et al. (2014), ‘Evaluating interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder in lowandmiddle income countries:Narra tive ExposureTherapy’ , (Intervention, this issue) evaluated Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) asan example ofa short term treatment for posttrau matic stress disorder that is applied in low and middle income, post con£ict settings.They concluded that it is premature to recommend NETas a treat ment approach. In this response, the clinicians and researchers who developedNETargue that the paper by Mundt et al. does not correctly represent the rationale of NETand that the methodological cri tique of theNETtrials in the article is biased. Com pared to other types of psychotherapy and psychosocial interventions in post con£ict settings, the evidence base of NET is strong, and the appli cation of NETwithin a sustainable mental health care system can be recommended.