Interventions for children and adolescents with posttraumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis of comparative outcome studies

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 47, Issue , 2016, Pages 41-54

  Morina, Nexhmedin ^a   Koerssen, Rachel ^a   Pollet, Thomas V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Depression; Meta analysis; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; CHILDHOOD; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84975501651     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2016.05.006     Document Type: Review

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