Posttraumatic depression is often observed among flood victims all over the world including Nigeria. People who survived the experience of flood tend to suffer long‐term psychosocial effects such as distress, anxiety, pain, learned helplessness, social dysfunctions that eventually lead to depression. These negative consequences engender irrational beliefs that are part of psychopathologies among flood victims. Exposing flood victims in Nigeria to rational emotive approaches that would enable them to manage their posttraumatic depression could be an important opportunity to make them feel less depressed and become more functional and successful in their life and the word of work. This study examines the effect of rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) intervention on posttraumatic depressed flood victims in Nigeria. A total number of 98 participants (parents) were randomly assigned to treatment (n = 49) and the waitlisted control (n = 49) groups. REBT Depression Manual was used for the delivery of the intervention while depression was evaluated using Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) and Goldberg Depression Scale. The data of the pretest, posttest and follow-up were subjected to statistical analysis using SPSS version 22. Specifically, Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used for method of data analysis. Result indicated that REBT program led to the significant reduction in posttraumatic depressed flood victims in Nigeria, the implication is that posttraumatic thoughts and beliefs of flood victims that led to depressive state was addressed, thereby placing the victims under good mental health through the application of REBT evidence-based techniques.

在包括尼日利亚在内的世界各地的洪水灾民中经常观察到创伤后抑郁症。在洪水中幸存下来的人往往会遭受长期的心理社会影响，例如痛苦、焦虑、疼痛、习得性无助、最终导致抑郁的社会功能障碍。这些负面后果导致了非理性信念，这些信念是洪水灾民心理病态的一部分。让尼日利亚的洪水灾民接受理性的情感方法，使他们能够管理自己的创伤后抑郁症，这可能是一个重要的机会，可以让他们不那么沮丧，在生活和工作中变得更有功能和更成功。本研究考察了理性情绪行为疗法 (REBT) 干预对尼日利亚创伤后抑郁症洪水受害者的影响。总共有 98 名参与者（父母）被随机分配到治疗组（n = 49）和等候名单控制组（n = 49）。REBT 抑郁手册用于提供干预，而抑郁症使用汉密尔顿抑郁量表 (HDRS) 和戈德堡抑郁量表进行评估。前测、后测和随访数据均采用SPSS 22版进行统计分析。具体采用协方差分析(ANCOVA)进行数据分析。结果表明，REBT 计划导致尼日利亚创伤后抑郁的洪水受害者显着减少，这意味着导致抑郁状态的洪水受害者的创伤后思想和信念得到了解决，从而通过应用 REBT 使受害者处于良好的心理健康状态循证技术。