Treatment of post‐traumatic stress disorder in children using cognitive behavioural writing therapy

Oord, Saskia Van der; Lucassen, Sacha; Emmerik, Arnold A. P. van; Emmelkamp, P.M.G.

doi:10.1002/cpp.670

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“…Since the 2008 review, this treatment family has benefitted from substantial new research, with eight studies of individual CBT. These eight studies include six RCTs—four of which were small—and two open trials (Aderka, Appelbaum-Namdar, Shafran, & Gilboa-Schechtman, 2011; Van Der Oord, Lucassen, Van Emmerik, & Emmelkamp, 2010). Four of the six RCTs tested adapted versions of interventions originally developed for adults: Prolonged Exposure for Adolescents (PE-A; Foa, McLean, Capaldi, & Rosenfield, 2013; Gilboa-Schechtman et al, 2010) and a child version of Narrative Exposure Therapy (kidNET; Catani et al, 2009; Ruf et al, 2010); two tested other individual CBT approaches (Salloum & Overstreet, 2008; Shirk, DePrince, Crisostomo, & Labus, 2014).…”

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“…Studies conducted in international settings—which provide the bulk of the evidence for effectiveness with diverse youth—were particularly plagued by small samples and/or nonrandomized designs (e.g., Van Der Oord et al, 2010). Both international kidNET RCTs had fewer than 35 participants, and the Israeli PE-A RCT had only 38 participants (Gilboa-Schechtman et al, 2010).…”

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Evidence Base Update for Psychosocial Treatments for Children and Adolescents Exposed to Traumatic Events

Dorsey

McLaughlin

Kerns

et al. 2016

Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology

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Child and adolescent trauma exposure is prevalent, with trauma exposure-related symptoms, including posttraumatic stress, depressive, and anxiety symptoms often causing substantial impairment. This article updates the evidence base on psychosocial treatments for child and adolescent trauma exposure completed for this journal by Silverman et al. (2008). For this review, we focus on 37 studies conducted during the seven years since the last review. Treatments are grouped by overall treatment family (e.g., cognitive behavioral therapy), treatment modality (e.g., individual vs. group), and treatment participants (e.g., child only vs. child and parent). All studies were evaluated for methodological rigor according to Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology evidence-based treatment evaluation criteria (Southam-Gerow & Prinstein, 2014), with cumulative designations for level of support for each treatment family. Individual CBT with parent involvement, individual CBT, and group CBT were deemed well-established; group CBT with parent involvement and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) were deemed probably efficacious; individual integrated therapy for complex trauma and group mind–body skills were deemed possibly efficacious; individual client-centered play therapy, individual mind–body skills, and individual psychoanalysis were deemed experimental; and group creative expressive + CBT was deemed questionable efficacy. Advances in the evidence base, with comparisons to the state of the science at the time of the Silverman et al. (2008) review, are discussed. Finally, we present dissemination and implementation challenges and areas for future research.

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confidence: 99%

Evidence Base Update for Psychosocial Treatments for Children and Adolescents Exposed to Traumatic Events

Dorsey

McLaughlin

Kerns

et al. 2016

Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology

230

140

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“…Additional specific psychological approaches that have demonstrated efficacy in treating anxiety in children and adolescents include: attention bias modification (ABM) [1226], MBCT [1195], and social effectiveness therapy (SET) [1227,1228] for SAD; ERP [1229,1230], family-based CBT [1231,1232], and meta-cognitive therapy [1229] for OCD; cognitive behavioral writing therapy (CBWT) [1233], spiritual-hypnosis assisted therapy (SHAT) [1234], emotion regulation therapy [1235], exposure therapy [1236], and EMDR [905,1237,1238] for PTSD; and exposure therapy for specific phobias [313]. …”

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Canadian clinical practice guidelines for the management of anxiety, posttraumatic stress and obsessive-compulsive disorders

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BackgroundAnxiety and related disorders are among the most common mental disorders, with lifetime prevalence reportedly as high as 31%. Unfortunately, anxiety disorders are under-diagnosed and under-treated.MethodsThese guidelines were developed by Canadian experts in anxiety and related disorders through a consensus process. Data on the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment (psychological and pharmacological) were obtained through MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and manual searches (1980–2012). Treatment strategies were rated on strength of evidence, and a clinical recommendation for each intervention was made, based on global impression of efficacy, effectiveness, and side effects, using a modified version of the periodic health examination guidelines.ResultsThese guidelines are presented in 10 sections, including an introduction, principles of diagnosis and management, six sections (Sections 3 through 8) on the specific anxiety-related disorders (panic disorder, agoraphobia, specific phobia, social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder), and two additional sections on special populations (children/adolescents, pregnant/lactating women, and the elderly) and clinical issues in patients with comorbid conditions.ConclusionsAnxiety and related disorders are very common in clinical practice, and frequently comorbid with other psychiatric and medical conditions. Optimal management requires a good understanding of the efficacy and side effect profiles of pharmacological and psychological treatments.

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“…Structured expressive writing has also been found to reduce PTSD symptoms in traumatized children (Van Der Oord, Lucassen, Van Emmerik, & Emmelkamp, 2010). However, to our knowledge, no effect studies on expressive writing among adolescents in war-torn areas have yet been published.…”

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Short-Term Effects of a Writing Intervention Among Adolescents in Gaza

Lange-Nielsen

Kolltveit

Thabet

et al. 2012

Journal of Loss and Trauma

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This study evaluates the effect of a short-term group intervention titled Writing for Recovery in Gaza. Adolescents (N ¼ 139) aged 12-17 were randomly assigned to an intervention or to a waiting list group. Levels of distress were assessed at baseline and at posttest. A follow-up assessment was conducted 5 months after both groups had received the intervention. Results at posttest showed a reduction in posttraumatic stress symptoms in both groups, an increase in depression in the intervention group, and no change in anxiety symptoms. At follow-up, a significant decline in depression scores was evident. Overall, no evidence for improvements due to the intervention was found.

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Treatment of post‐traumatic stress disorder in children using cognitive behavioural writing therapy

Cited by 33 publications

References 31 publications

Evidence Base Update for Psychosocial Treatments for Children and Adolescents Exposed to Traumatic Events

Evidence Base Update for Psychosocial Treatments for Children and Adolescents Exposed to Traumatic Events

Canadian clinical practice guidelines for the management of anxiety, posttraumatic stress and obsessive-compulsive disorders

Short-Term Effects of a Writing Intervention Among Adolescents in Gaza

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