Evidence summaries for topics of high priority in health care in affected regions.

Psychological treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (A summary for this topic is not currently available. The relevant Cochrane review is available here.)

Psychological debriefing for preventing post traumatic stress disorder (PDF document 0.14 MB)

Other Cochrane reviews relevant to post traumatic stress disorder are currently being updated or prepared. The most up-to-date overall summary of the evidence on the effects of interventions identified by the editorial group of the Cochrane Depression, Anxiety and Neuroses Group is available in recent guidance produced by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence in England.

The short form of this document is available as a PDF document (0.15 MB).

Information on this topic is also available in Clinical Evidence; click here.

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