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Medication versus trauma-focused psychotherapy for adults with posttraumatic stress disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis (Psychiatry Research)

There is insufficient evidence to determine whether SSRIs or trauma-focused psychotherapies are more effective for PTSD symptom reduction.

It has only been in this last decade that trauma-focused treatments (TFT) have been studied in patients with psychotic disorders.

This article evaluates EMDR therapy for individuals with a diagnosis of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).

Article summarizes the multiple impacts of high stress events, and their long-term effects on individuals, families, communities & nations.

Thirty years after its introduction in 1989, EMDR therapy has evolved to become a comprehensive psychotherapy.

The current empirical evidence in support of EMDR therapy as an effective treatment intervention for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

There is currently a limited number of studies into the efficacy of EMDR therapy with children and adolescents with PTSD.

Complex posttraumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) is a diagnostic entity to be in 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases.

Six randomized controlled trials investigated the efficacy of EMDR therapy for adults with anxiety disorders over a span of 20 years.

There is an urgent need to develop innovative therapies that enable more efficient pain and chronic pain relief.

A large proportion (11%–60%) of people with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) also suffer from substance use disorder (SUD).

Practice guidelines for PTSD from three well-respected organizations differ in the degree to which they recommend EMDR as a treatment.