Efficacy of psychological interventions for post-traumatic stress disorder in children and adolescents exposed to single versus multiple traumas: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Thole Hilko Hoppen Richard Meiser-Stedman Tine K Jensen Marianne Skogbrott Birkeland Nexhmedin Morina

Published in: The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science (2023)

The current evidence base suggests that psychological interventions for paediatric PTSD can effectively treat PTSD in populations reporting single and multiple traumas. Future trials for PTSD following single-event trauma need to involve active control conditions.

Keyphrases

social support
posttraumatic stress disorder
physical activity
emergency department
intensive care unit
depressive symptoms
current status
adverse drug