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Group cognitive therapy is a form of mental treatment. A study has found that this form talk therapy can help rape victims in countries there are few trained psychologists. Researchers say the show that counselors in a community can be to provide group cognitive therapy. Judith Bass is professor of mental health at the Johns Hopkins of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland. She says victims can face a series of short and problems. These include depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress . Sudden sounds or events can bring back memories the attack. Professor Bass says sexual violence affects just the victims but also their communities. Warring use rape to dehumanize and humiliate their opponents. Bass says women who are raped often suffer social stigma in their communities. They experience fear worry about whether they can meet the needs their families. Cognitive behavioral group therapy has been to work in Western countries. Judith Bass and researchers investigated whether it could help women in Democratic Republic of Congo. The DRC has faced than 30 years of conflict since 1960. After months, 42 percent of those in individual counseling were depressed at the start of the therapy longer showed signs of depression. By comparison, 70 of those in the cognitive therapy groups were longer depressed. In these groups, the women discussed and learned skills for overcoming their depression and of post-traumatic stress disorder. For VOA Learning English, Laurel Bowman

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