Reducing Psychological Harm among Children and Adolescents from Traumatic Events: Art Therapy, Pharmacological Therapy, Play Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, and Psychological Debriefing

Included Studies

Art therapy

Schreier H, Ladakakos C, Morabito D, Chapman L, Knudson MM. Posttraumatic stress symptoms in children after mild to moderate pediatric trauma: a longitudinal examination of symptom prevalence, correlates and parent-child symptom reporting. J Trauma 2005;58:353–63.

Pharmacological therapy

Famularo R, Kinscherff R, Fenton T. Propranolol treatment for childhood posttraumatic stress disorder, acute type: a pilot study. Am J Dis Child 1988;142: 1244-7.

Robert R, Blakeney PE, Villarreal C, Rosenberg L, Meyer WJ. Imipramine treatment in pediatric burn patients with symptoms of acute stress disorder: a pilot study. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1999;38:873–82.

Play therapy

Kot S, Landreth GL, Giordano M. Intensive child-centered play therapy with child witnesses of domestic violence. Int J Play Therapy 1998;7:17–36.

Shen Y. Short-term group play therapy with Chinese earthquake victims: effects on anxiety, depression, and adjustment. Int J Play Therapy 2002;11:43–63.

Smith N, Landreth G. Intensive filial therapy with child witnesses of domestic violence: a comparison with individual and sibling group play therapy. Int J Play Therapy 2003;12:67–88.

Tyndall-Lind A, Landreth GL, Giordano MA. Intensive group play therapy with child witnesses of domestic violence. Int J Play Therapy 2001;10:53–83.

Psychodynamic therapy

Lieberman AF, Van Horn P, Ippen CG. Toward evidence-based treatment: child-parent psychotherapy with preschoolers exposed to marital violence. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2005;44:1241–8.

Psychological debriefing

Stallard P, Velleman R, Salter E, Howse I, Yule W, Taylor G. A randomised controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of an early psychological intervention with children involved in road traffic accidents. J of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 2006;47(2):127–34.