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Preventing the onset of post traumatic stress disorder

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Bisson, Jonathan I., Wright, Laurence Astill, Jones, Kimberley A., Lewis, Catrin, Phelps, Andrea J., Sijbrandij, Marit, Varker, Tracey, Roberts, Neil P.·2021·Clinical Psychology Review

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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common mental health condition that requires exposure to a traumatic event. This provides unique opportunities for prevention that are not available for other disorders. The aim of this review was to undertake a systematic review and evaluation of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of interventions designed to prevent PTSD in adults. Searches involving Cochrane, Embase, Medline, PsycINFO, PILOTS and Pubmed databases were undertaken to identify RCTs of pre-incident preparedness and post-incident interventions until May 2019. Six pre-incident and 69 post-incident trials were identified that could be included in meta-analyses. The overall quality of the evidence was low. There was emerging evidence that some interventions may be helpful but an absence of evidence for any intervention that can be strongly recommended for universal, selected or indicated prevention before or within the first three months of a traumatic event. The strongest results were found for cognitive-behavioural therapy with a trauma focus (CBT-T) in individuals with a diagnosis of acute stress disorder which supports calls to detect and treat individuals with significant symptoms rather than providing blanket preventative interventions. Further research is required to optimally configure existing interventions with some evidence of effect and to develop novel interventions to address this major public health issue.

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Authors
Bisson, J. I., Wright, L. A., Jones, K. A., Lewis, C., Phelps, A. J., Sijbrandij, M., Varker, T., & Roberts, N. P.
Affiliations
  • Cardiff University (GB)
  • The University of Melbourne (AU)
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
  • Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (GB)
Corresponding author
Bisson, Jonathan I.
Venue
Clinical Psychology Review
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2021-06
Volume
86
Pages
102004
ISSN
0272-7358 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3136375277
Cited by
85
References
116
Citations by year
2026: 13 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 30 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 3
FWCI
1.86
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Clinical Psychology Review (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • VU Research Portal (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University) (acceptedVersion)
  • Minerva Access (University of Melbourne) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Bristol Research (University of Bristol) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Explore Bristol Research (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
  • National Institute for Health and Care Research (ACF-2020-25-501)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Migration, Health and Trauma
Keywords
post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD prevention, cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, acute stress disorder, trauma exposure, universal prevention, indicated prevention
MeSH terms
Adult, Humans, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

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