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Jennifer H Lewey1,2, Christopher L Smith3,4, Brandi Burcham1, Nia L Saunders1, Dina Elfallal1, Siobhan K O'Toole1.
Abstract
Efficacy of EMDR and TF-CBT for posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) was explored through meta-analysis. A comprehensive search yielded 494 studies of children and adolescents with PTSS who received treatment with these evidence-based therapeutic modalities. Thirty total studies were included in the meta-analysis. The overall Cohen's d was small (-0.359) and statistically significant (p < 0.05), indicating EMDR and TF-CBT are effective in treating PTSS. Major findings posit TF-CBT is marginally more effective than EMDR; those with sub-clinical PTSS responded more favorably in treatment than those with PTSD; and greater reductions in PTSS were observed with presence of comorbidity in diagnosis. Assessment of publication bias with Classic fail-safe N revealed it would take 457 nonsignificant studies to nullify these findings. © Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018.Entities:
Keywords: Adolescents; Children; Effectiveness; Eye movement and desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR); Meta-analysis; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS); Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT)
Year: 2018 PMID： 32318168 PMCID： PMC7163897 DOI： 10.1007/s40653-018-0212-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Child Adolesc Trauma ISSN： 1936-1521