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Relative efficacy of psychological interventions following interpersonal trauma on anxiety, depression, substance use, and PTSD symptoms in young people: A meta-analysis.

Wilma PetersMichael J WilsonMario Alvarez-JimenezSarah Elisabeth HetrickEmma HalpinIlias KamitsisOlga Santesteban-EcharriSarah Bendall
Published in: Early intervention in psychiatry (2022)
High-quality RCTs of psychological interventions for anxiety, depression, substance use, and post-traumatic stress symptoms in young people exposed to interpersonal trauma are scarce. While available studies show either statistically significant or trend-level efficacy for psychological interventions in reducing these symptoms, wide confidence intervals, heterogeneity and small sample size mean that results need to be interpreted with caution.
Keyphrases
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