Reducing Psychological Harm among Children and Adolescents from Traumatic Events: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Included Studies
Individual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Barbe RP, Bridge JA, Birmaher B, Kolko DJ, Brent DA. Lifetime history of sexual abuse, clinical presentation, and outcome in a clinical trial for adolescent depression, J Clin Psychiatry 2004;65:77–83.
Celano M, Hazzard A, Webb C, McCall C. Treatment of traumagenic beliefs among sexually abused girls and their mothers: an evaluation study. J Abnorm Child Psych 1996;24:1-17.
Cohen JA, Deblinger E, Mannarino AP, Steer RA. A multisite, randomized controlled trial for children with sexual abuse-related PTSD symptoms. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2004;43:393–402.
Cohen JA, Mannarino AP, Knudsen K. Treating sexually abused children: 1 year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial. Child Abuse Negl 2005;29:135–145.
Cohen JA, Mannarino AP. A treatment study for sexually abused preschool children: outcome during a one-year follow-up. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1997;36: 1228–35.
Deblinger E, Steer RA, Lippmann J. Two-year follow-up study of cognitive behavioral therapy for sexually abused children suffering post-traumatic stress symptoms. Child Abuse Negl 1999;23:1371–8.
King NJ, Tonge BJ, Mullen P, et al. Treating sexually abused children with posttraumatic stress symptoms: a randomized clinical trial. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2000;39:1347–55.
Kolko DJ. Individual cognitive behavioral treatment and family therapy for physically abused children and their offending parents: a comparison of clinical outcomes. Child Maltreat 1996;1:322-42.
Lange A, van de Ven JP, Schrieken B, Emmelkamp PMG. Interapy, treatment of posttraumatic stress through the Internet: a controlled trial. J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry 2001;32:73–90.
Lytle RA, Hazlett-Stevens H, Borkovec TD. Efficacy of eye movement desensitization in the treatment of cognitive intrusions related to a past stressful event. J Anxiety Disord 2002;16:273–88.
Scheck MM, Schaeffer JA, Gillette C. Brief psychological intervention with traumatized young women: the efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. J Trauma Stress 1998;11:25–44.
Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Ahrens J, Rexford L. Cognitive processing therapy for incarcerated adolescents with PTSD. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma 2002;6:201–16.
Berliner L, Saunders BE. Treating fear and anxiety in a sexually abused children: results of a controlled 2-year follow-up study. Child Maltreat 1996;1:294–309.
Deblinger E, Stauffer LB, Steer R. Comparative efficacies of supportive and cognitive behavioral group therapies for young children who have been sexually abused and their nonoffending mothers. Child Maltreat 2001;6:332–43.
Ehntholt KA, Smith PA, Yule W. School-based cognitive-behavioural therapy group intervention for refugee children who have experienced war-related trauma. Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry 2005;10:235–50.
Goenjian AK, Karayan I, Pynoos RS, et al. Outcome of psychotherapy among early adolescents after trauma, Am J Psychiatry 1997;154:536–42.
Goenjian AK, Walling D, Steinberg AM, Karayan I, Najarian LM, Pynoos RS. A prospective study of posttraumatic stress and depressive reactions among treated and untreated adolescents 5 years after a catastrphic disaster. Am J Psychiatry 2005;162:2302–8.
Kataoka SH, Stein BD, Jaycox LH, et al. A school-based mental health program for traumatized Latino immigrant children. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2003;42: 311–8.
Kazak AE, Alderfer MA, Streisand R, et al. Treatment of posttraumatic stress symptoms in adolescent survivors of childhood cancer and their families: a randomized clinical trial. J Fam Psychol 2004;18:493–504.
Pfeffer CR, Jiang H, Kakuma T, Hwang J, Metsch M. Group intervention for children bereaved by the suicide of a relative. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2002;41: 505–13.
Ronan KR, Johnston DM. Behaviourally-based interventions for children following volcanic eruptions: an evaluation of effectiveness, Disaster Prevention and Management 1999;8:169–76.
Stein BD, Jaycox LH, Kataoka SH, et al. A mental health intervention for schoolchildren exposed to violence: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA 2003;290: 603–11.
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- Page last updated: September 29, 2010
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