Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
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Effective | Implementing the program is likely to result in the intended outcome(s). | On average, there is strong evidence that implementing a program encompassed by the practice will achieve the intended outcome. | |
Promising | Implementing the program may result in the intended outcome(s) | On average, there is some evidence that implementing a program encompassed by the practice will achieve the intended outcome. | |
No Effects | Implementing the program is unlikely to result in the intended outcome(s) and may result in a negative outcome(s). | On average, there is strong evidence that implementing a program encompassed by the practice will not achieve the intended outcome or may result in a negative outcome. |
Programs
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Program Profile: One Love Escalation Workshop for Dating Abuse Prevention in the Military |
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Dating violence, Military personnel, Bullying, Crime prevention | This program involves film and guided discussion to promote bystander behavior related to dating abuse. The program is rated No Effects. There were no statistically significant differences between the intervention and control groups on intervening when a peer was being harmed or physically hurt by an intimate partner, or when a peer was intoxicated or being bullied. The intervention group was statistically significantly more likely to intervene in peer self-harm, compared with the control group. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Risk Reduction through Family Therapy (RRFT) for Adolescents |
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Mental health, Substance abuse, Children exposed to violence, Trauma, Treatment, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime, Crisis response, Juvenile (under 18), Drugs, Drug treatment | The goal of this exposure-based, integrative intervention was to reduce substance use and mental health problems in adolescents who have experienced trauma. The program is rated Promising. The program had a statistically significant impact on depressive and internalizing symptoms, family cohesion, and family conflict. There were mixed results for PTSD symptoms and substance use. There was no statistically significant impact on externalizing symptoms. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Stepped Collaborative Care for Adolescents (Washington State) |
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Alcohol, Mental health, Substance abuse, Children exposed to violence, Trauma, Treatment, Legal substances, Drugs | This program was designed to reduce violence risk behaviors as well as PTSD and depressive symptoms by providing adolescents with a variety of services following a traumatic injury. The program is rated No Effects. There were no statistically significant differences between the intervention and control groups in substance use problems, or PTSD and depressive symptoms, though intervention group patients reported a statistically significant reduction in weapons carrying. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Safe and Successful Youth Initiative (SSYI) (Massachusetts) |
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Gang Crime, Assault, Gun violence, Homicide, Violent offenders, Jobs and workforce development, Crime prevention, Victimization, Victims of crime, Juvenile (under 18), Young adults (18-24), Gangs | This secondary violence prevention program targets young men most likely to commit or be victim of gang or gun crime to reduce their incarceration and victimization from violent crime. The program is rated Promising. SSYI youths were statistically significantly less likely to be incarcerated compared with comparison group youths. SSYI–funded cities had statistically significant reductions in all measured city-level crime victimization rates, compared with comparison cities. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Strength at Home Couples (SAH-C) Program to Prevent Military Partner Violence |
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Military personnel, Violent crime, Crime prevention | This is a cognitive–behavioral, trauma-informed group intervention that is designed to prevent relationship conflict and intimate partner violence (IPV) among military couples. The program is rated Promising. There were statistically significant reductions in physical and psychological IPV for the treatment group, compared with the control group. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: PTSD Coach Smartphone App for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms |
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Internet, Coping | This is a smartphone app intervention designed to help manage and reduce posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. The program is rated Promising. Over time, symptoms of PTSD, such as depression, and psychosocial functioning, reduced more for the treatment group, compared with the control group. However, there was no statistically significant difference in users’ confidence in managing their PTSD symptoms and reaching out for support. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Enhancing Resiliency Amongst Students Experiencing Stress-Prosocial (ERASE-Stress–Prosocial) in Israel |
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Mental health, Children exposed to violence, Trauma, Treatment, Schools, Juvenile (under 18), Child health and welfare | This is a universal, school-based intervention for Jewish-Israeli students who are exposed to the ongoing Israeli–Palestinian conflict. It combines the original ERASE-Stress program with six additional modules focused on topics related to prosocial orientation, and aims to reduce PTSD, enhance resiliency, and develop prosocial skills. The program is rated Promising. The program was shown to statistically significant reduce PTSD severity, functional problems, anxiety, and somatic complaints. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Enhancing Resiliency Amongst Student Experiencing Stress (ERASE-Stress) in Israel |
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Mental health, Children exposed to violence, Trauma, Treatment, Child health and welfare, Juvenile (under 18), Schools | This intervention is a universal, school-based intervention for Jewish-Israeli students who are exposed to the ongoing violence of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. The program aims to reduce participants’ posttraumatic stress symptoms. The program is rated Promising. The program was shown to be statistically significant in reducing PTSD severity, functional problems, anxiety, and somatic complaints. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Bounce Back |
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Mental health, Children exposed to violence, Trauma, Treatment, Child health and welfare, Juvenile (under 18) | This is a cognitive-behavioral intervention for children who have been exposed to traumatic events, and for their parents. The goal is to help children improve their symptoms of posttraumatic stress, depression, and anxiety. The program is rated Promising. Children who received the treatment demonstrated statistically significant improvements on measures of posttraumatic stress, anxiety symptoms, and emotional regulation; however, there was no impact on measures of depression or coping efficacy. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Children with Emotional and Behavioral Disturbances |
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Mental health, Child health and welfare, Juvenile (under 18), Juvenile delinquency | This cognitive–behavioral mentoring intervention was designed to improve child behavior and family functioning among 8- to 12-year olds with mental health disorders, and their primary caregivers. This program is rated Promising. There were statistically significant differences between the intervention and control groups on measures of child behavior, parenting stress, perceived social support, and attachment to parents. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Cognitive-Processing Therapy for Female Victims of Sexual Assault |
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Assault, Dating violence, Stalking, Children exposed to violence, Coping, Grief, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime, Crime prevention, Victims of crime, Crisis response | This is a cognitive therapeutic program that is intended to assist female victims of sexual assault with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The overall goal is to restructure unbalanced thoughts directly related to the trauma. The program is rated Effective. Women in the treatment group demonstrated reduced symptoms of both PTSD and depression, compared with women in the control group. These differences were statistically significant. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: "Seeking Safety" for Incarcerated Women |
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Burglary, Mental health, Coping, Drugs, Substance abuse | This is a manualized cognitive–behavioral intervention for incarcerated women with co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorders. The program is rated Promising. Evaluation results suggest that the program statistically significantly reduced PTSD and depression scores in program participants. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Multisystemic Therapy for Child Abuse and Neglect (MST-CAN) |
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Mental health, Children exposed to violence, Minorities, Trauma, Treatment, Foster care/child welfare system, Youth development, Home visiting, Child health and welfare, Juvenile (under 18), Crime prevention, Crisis response | This program addresses family functioning and parental behavior to reduce child abuse, neglect, and external placement. The program is rated Promising. Compared with the control group, treatment parents and children showed statistically significant improvements in functioning, treatment parents showed significant improvements in social support, and treatment children had a lower likelihood of receiving external placement. However, there were no significant differences between groups on abuse. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for Traumatized Young Women |
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Coping, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime | This is a therapeutic approach designed to treat individuals who are dealing with the aftermath of a traumatic life event. The goal is to help those who have experienced traumatic stress to reprocess and store traumatic memories adaptively. The program is rated Promising. Program participants reported statistically significant improvements in posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, self-concept, avoidance, and intrusive thoughts, compared with control group participants. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Prolonged Exposure Therapy |
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Assault, Juvenile health, Mental health, Children exposed to violence, Coping, Grief, Trauma, Treatment, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime | This is a cognitive–behavioral treatment program for assault survivors who have posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The program is rated Effective. Women in the treatment group experienced statistically significant reductions in the severity of PTSD, depression, and anxiety symptoms and a statistically significant improvement in social functioning, compared with women in the control group, at follow up. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention (CFTSI) |
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Juvenile health, Mental health, Children exposed to violence, Dating violence, Coping, Grief, Trauma, Treatment, Crisis response, Juvenile (under 18), Intimate partner violence | This is a brief early intervention and secondary prevention model, designed to prevent the development of chronic posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), for children aged 7–18 years who have recently experienced a potentially traumatic event. The program is rated Promising. Compared with the comparison group, the intervention group was statistically significantly less likely to have a PTSD diagnosis or receive a partial/full PTSD diagnosis; they also showed a lower severity of PTSD symptoms. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) |
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Immigrants | This is a psychosocial treatment program for reducing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in traumatized groups still living in dangerous situations such as in refugee camps. The program is rated Promising. The treatment group had a statistically significant improvements in PTSD symptoms and greater likelihood of leaving the refugee camp, compared with the control group. However, there were no statistically significant differences in psychological functioning or comorbid disorders. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Narrative Exposure Therapy for Traumatized Children and Adolescents (KidNET) |
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Mental health, Children exposed to violence, Immigrants, Trauma, Treatment, Crisis response, Juvenile (under 18) | This is an individual-level, psychosocial treatment that seeks to reduce posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in traumatized refugee youth living in exile. The program is rated Promising. At the 6-month follow up, treatment participants showed statistically significant improvement in symptoms of PTSD and cognitive functioning, compared with control group youth. However, no significant differences were found between the two groups for comorbid disorders. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Trauma Affect Regulation: Guide for Education and Therapy (TARGET) |
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Girls, Mental health, Substance abuse, Children exposed to violence, Treatment, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime, Juvenile (under 18) | This is a trauma-focused psychotherapy program for those suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The program is rated Effective. Treated adults showed statistically significant lower PTSD symptoms, depression, and anxiety than comparison group adults. Treated youth showed statistically significant higher levels of hope and lower levels of the PTSD criterion of intrusive re-experiencing than comparison group youth, but there were no impacts in other mental health outcomes. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Forever Free |
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Parole, Corrections, Prisons, Recidivism, Reentry, Crime prevention, Employment initiatives, Inmate assistance programs, Drugs | This prison-based substance abuse treatment program for women near the end of their incarceration period is designed to reduce substance use and recidivism following release. The program is rated Promising. The intervention group reported statistically significantly fewer arrests and reconvictions and less drug use at follow up compared with the comparison group. However, there was no statistically significant effect on reincarceration and employment. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) |
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Juvenile health, Mental health, Substance abuse, Children exposed to violence, Coping, Immigrants, Minorities, Trauma, Treatment, Schools, Child health and welfare, Juvenile (under 18) | This is a cognitive-behavioral therapy group intervention designed to reduce children’s symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression caused by exposure to violence. The program is rated Effective. Intervention group participants showed statistically significant reductions in depressive and PTSD symptoms, compared with control group participants, at the 3-month follow up. However, there were no statistically significant impacts on classroom behavior problems. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial |
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Topic: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)Practices
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Practice Profile: Trauma-Focused Treatment for Juveniles and Young Adults With Trauma Symptoms and Externalizing Behaviors |
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Juvenile health, Mental health, Trauma, Treatment, Juvenile (under 18), Young adults (18-24), Child health and welfare | This practice consists of trauma-focused interventions to treat trauma symptoms and externalizing behaviors in juveniles and young adults. The practice is rated Effective for reducing trauma symptoms and for externalizing behaviors in juveniles and young adults, compared with juveniles and young adults in the control group who did not receive treatment. Date Posted: |
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Practice Profile: Psychotherapy with Adults Sexually Abused in Childhood |
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Children exposed to violence, Coping, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime, Crime prevention, Mental health | This practice comprises therapeutic approaches for adults who were sexually abused in childhood, and is designed to improve psychological distress, reduce maladaptive behavior, or enhance adaptive behavior through counseling, structured or unstructured interaction, or a predetermined treatment plan. The practice is rated Promising for decreasing posttraumatic stress disorder, trauma, and internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Date Posted: |
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Practice Profile: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for Children with PTSD |
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Juvenile health, Mental health, Children exposed to violence, Trauma, Treatment | This individual therapy practice aims to help children recover from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) through short imaginal exposure to the memory and subsequent stimuli to trigger eye movement. The practice is rated Promising for trauma/PTSD measures and No Effects for measures of major depressive disorders and anxiety disorders. Date Posted: |
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Practice Profile: Gender-Specific Programming for Incarcerated Females |
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Mental health, Corrections, Correctional facilities, Prisons, Inmate programs, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Drugs | The practice involves in-prison substance abuse and other types of treatment programs for incarcerated women with the goal of reducing recidivism. The practice is rated Promising. Women who participated in the treatment were significantly less likely to recidivate after release than women who did not participate in the treatment. Date Posted: |
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Practice Profile: Therapeutic Approaches for Sexually Abused Children and Adolescents |
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Children exposed to violence, Trauma, Treatment, Juvenile (under 18), Child health and welfare, Victims of crime | Interventions designed to reduce the negative effects of child sexual abuse, which can include PTSD, internalizing behaviors, and externalizing behaviors. The practice is rated Effective for reducing PTSD symptoms, internalizing behaviors, and externalizing behaviors. Date Posted: |
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Practice Profile: School-Based Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Programs |
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Rape and sexual assault, Juvenile (under 18), Child health and welfare, Crime prevention | This practice comprises school-based programs that are designed to reduce the occurrence of sexual abuse in children and adolescents. The practice is rated Promising for increasing children’s prevention-related knowledge and Effective for increasing protective behaviors and disclosures of previous or current sexual abuse. The practice is rated No Effects for decreasing child self-reported anxiety or fear. Date Posted: |
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Practice Profile: Psychotherapies for Victims of Sexual Assault |
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Coping, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime, Crime prevention, Mental health, Victims of crime | This practice examines interventions for adult sexual assault victims that reduce psychological distress, symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and rape trauma through counseling, structured or unstructured interaction, training programs, or predetermined treatment plans. The practice is rated Effective in reducing symptoms of trauma and PTSD in victims of sexual assault and rape. Date Posted: |