July 16, 2025Health Psychology ReviewOpen Access

Efficacy of interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms induced by traumatic medical events: a systematic review

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CMCorinne MeinhausenUniversity of California, Los Angeles KFKatherine FuUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison RURichard D. UrbinaArizona State University

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Systematic review reveals effective interventions for PTSD in adults after life-threatening medical incidents, highlighting trauma-focused psychotherapies and significant effect sizes.

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Core finding indicates that various interventions significantly reduce PTSD symptoms resulting from traumatic medical events.
Evidence shows that trauma-focused psychotherapies like EMDR yield large effect sizes, benefitting patients with PTSD.
Methods involved reviewing randomised controlled trials across nine databases, assessing risk of bias and treatment outcomes.
The review underscores the importance of developing larger trials to establish the efficacy of PTSD interventions in medical contexts.

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Meinhausen et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/689a02c3e6551bb0af8ccc93 https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2025.2526666

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Systematic review reveals effective interventions for PTSD in adults after life-threatening medical incidents, highlighting trauma-focused psychotherapies and significant effect sizes.

Efficacy of interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms induced by traumatic medical events: a systematic review

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