Reducing Psychological Harm from Traumatic Events Among Children and Adolescents: Psychodynamic Therapy
Task Force Finding*
The goal of psychodynamic therapy is to allow a traumatized individual to review unconscious thoughts and emotions and to integrate the traumatic event into a revised understanding of life.
The Task Force finds insufficient evidence to determine the effectiveness of psychodynamic therapy in reducing psychological harm in children and adolescents because only one qualifying study of greatest design suitability and fair execution was identified.
*From the following publication:
Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations to reduce psychological harm from traumatic events among children and adolescents. 
[PDF - 58KB] Am J Prev Med 2008;35(3):314-6.
Review completed: June 2006
- Page last reviewed: February 7, 2011
- Page last updated: October 18, 2010
- Content source: The Guide to Community Preventive Services
