Cognitive-behavioral therapy for PTSD in children and adolescents: A preliminary randomized controlled trial.
Smith, Patrick ; Yule, William ; Perrin, Sean LU
; Tranah, Troy
; Dalgleish, Tim
and Clark, David
(2007)
In Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
46(8).
p.1051-1061
- Abstract
- Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of individual trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for treating posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children and young people. Method: Following a 4-week symptom-monitoring baseline period, 24 children and young people (8Y18 years old) who met full DSM-IV PTSD diagnostic criteria after experiencing single-incident traumatic events (motor vehicle accidents, interpersonal violence, or witnessing violence) were randomly allocated to a 10-week course of individual CBT or to placement on a waitlist (WL) for 10 weeks. Results: Compared to the WL group, participants who received CBT showed significantly greater improvement in symptoms of PTSD, depression, and anxiety, with significantly better... (More)
- Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of individual trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for treating posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children and young people. Method: Following a 4-week symptom-monitoring baseline period, 24 children and young people (8Y18 years old) who met full DSM-IV PTSD diagnostic criteria after experiencing single-incident traumatic events (motor vehicle accidents, interpersonal violence, or witnessing violence) were randomly allocated to a 10-week course of individual CBT or to placement on a waitlist (WL) for 10 weeks. Results: Compared to the WL group, participants who received CBT showed significantly greater improvement in symptoms of PTSD, depression, and anxiety, with significantly better functioning. After CBT, 92% of participants no longer met criteria for PTSD; after WL, 42% of participants no longer met criteria. CBT gains were maintained at 6-month follow-up. Effects of CBT were partially mediated by changes in maladaptive cognitions, as predicted by cognitive models of PTSD. Conclusions: Individual trauma-focused CBT is an effective treatment for PTSD in children and young people. (Less)
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- author
- Smith, Patrick
; Yule, William
; Perrin, Sean
LU
; Tranah, Troy
; Dalgleish, Tim
and Clark, David
- publishing date
- 2007
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- cognitive-behavioral therapy., Posttraumatic stress disorder
- in
- Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- volume
- 46
- issue
- 8
- pages
- 1051 - 1061
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
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- scopus:34547652452
- pmid:17667483
- ISSN
- 0890-8567
- DOI
- 10.1097/CHI.0b013e318067e288
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
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- 3cbbe0ab-b936-43a4-8975-7a01c9eb7288 (old id 2373368)
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