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Randomized Clinical Trials

Randomized Clinical Trials

  1. Debra Kaminer, Candice Simmons, Soraya Seedat, Stephanie Skavenski, Laura Murray, Martin Kidd & Judith A. Cohen (2023) Effectiveness of abbreviated trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy for South African adolescents: a randomized controlled trial, European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 14:1

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20008066.2023.2181602

1b. Deblinger, E., Lippmann, J., & Steer, R. (1996). Sexually abused children suffering posttraumatic stress symptoms:  Initial treatment outcome findings.  Child Maltreatment, 1(4), 310-321.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077559596001004003

1a.  Deblinger, E., Steer, R. A., & Lippmann, J. (1999).  Two-year follow-up study of cognitive behavioral therapy for sexually abused children suffering post-traumatic stress symptoms.  Child Abuse & Neglect, 23(12), 1371-1378.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0145-2134(99)00091-5

  1. Cohen, J. A., & Mannarino, A. P. (1996). A treatment outcome study for sexually abused preschool children:  Initial findings.  Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 35(1), 42-50.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004583-199601000-00011
 
2a – Cohen, J. A., & Mannarino, A. P. (1996).  Factors that mediate treatment outcome of sexually abused preschool children.  Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 35(10), 1402-1410.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004583-199610000-00028

2b.  Cohen, J. A., &  Mannarino, A. P. (1998).  Factors that mediate treatment outcome of sexually abused preschool children:  Six- and 12-month follow-up.  Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 37(1), 44-51.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004583-199801000-00016
2c.  Cohen, J. A., & Mannarino, A. P. (1997).  A treatment study for sexually abused preschool children:  Outcome during a one-year follow-up.  Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 36(9), 1228-1235.3. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004583-199709000-00015

  1. Cohen, J. A., & Mannarino, A. P. (1998). Interventions for sexually abused children:  Initial treatment outcome findings.  Child Maltreatment:  Journal of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, 3(1), 17-26.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077559598003001002

  1. King, N. J., Tonge, B. J., Mullen, P., Myerson, N., Heyne, D., Rollings, S., Martin, R., & Ollendick, T. H. (2000). Treating sexually abused children with posttraumatic stress symptoms:  A randomized clinical trial.  Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 39(11), 1347-1355.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004583-200011000-00008

  1. Deblinger, E., Stauffer, L. & Steer, R. (2001). Comparative efficacies of supportive and cognitive behavioral group therapies for children who were sexually abused and their nonoffending mothers. Child Maltreatment, 6(4), 332-343.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077559501006004006

 

  1. Cohen, J., Deblinger, E., Mannarino, A. & R. Steer (2004).  A multisite, randomized controlled trial for children with sexual abuse-related PTSD symptoms.  Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 43(4), 393-402.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004583-200404000-00005

6a.  Deblinger, E., Mannarino, A. P., Cohen, J. A. & Steer, R. A. (2006).  Follow-up study of a multisite, randomized, controlled trial for children with sexual abuse-related PTSD symptoms:  Examining predictors of treatment response.  Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 45, 12.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.chi.0000240839.56114.bb

  1. Cohen, J. A., Mannarino, A. P., Perel, M.D. & Staron, V. (2007). A pilot randomized controlled trial of combined trauma-focused CBT and sertraline for childhood PTSD symptoms.  Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 46, 811-819.                    http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/chi.0b013e3180547105

 

  1. Jaycox, L. H., Cohen, J. A., Mannarino, A. P., Walker, D. W., Langley, A. K., Gegenheimer, K. L., et al. (2010). Children’s mental health care following Hurrican Katrina:  A field trial of trauma-focused psychotherapies.  Journal of Traumatic Stress, 23, 223-231. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jts.20518

 

  1. Cohen, J. A., Mannarino, A. P., & Iyengar, S. (2011). Community treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder for children exposed to intimate partner violence: A randomized controlled trial.  Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 165(1), 16-21.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.247

 

  1. Deblinger, E., Mannarino, A. P., Cohen, J. A., Runyon, M. K., & Steer, R. A. (2011). Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children:  Impact of the trauma narrative component and treatment length.  Depression and Anxiety, 28, 67-75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/da.20744

10a.  Mannarino, A. P., Cohen, J. A., Deblinger, E., Runyon, M. K., & Steer, R. A. (2012).  Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for children sustained impact of treatment  6 – 12 months later.  Child Maltreatment 17(3) 231-241.    http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077559512451787

  1. O’Callaghan, P., McMullen, J., Shannon, C. , Rafferty, H., Black, A. (2013).  A randomized controlled trial of Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for sexually exploited, war-affected Congolese girls.  Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 52(4), 359-369.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2013.01.013

  1. McMullen, J., O’Callaghan, P., Shannon, C., Black, A., & Eskin, J. (2013). Group Trauma-focused Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy with former child soldiers and other war-affected boys in the DR Congo:  A randomized controlled trial.  Journal of  Child Psychology and Psychiatry, (Epub ahead of print).

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12094

  1. Dorsey, S., Pullmann, M. D., Berliner, L., Koschmann, E., McKay, M., & Deblinger, E. (2014). Engaging foster parents in treatment:  A randomized trial of supplementing Trauma-focused  Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with evidence-based engagement strategies.  (Child Abuse and Neglect, 38, 1508-1520).

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.03.020

13a.  Dorsey, S., Kerns, S. E., Trupin, E., Conover, K. A., & Berliner, L. (2012).  Child welfare social workers as service brokers for youth in foster care:  Findings from Project Focus.  Child Maltreatment, 17(1), 22-31.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077559511429593

  1. Jensen, T. K., Holt, T., Silje, M., Ormhaug, K. E., et al. (2013). A randomized effectiveness study comparing Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with therapy as usual for youth.  Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2013.822307

14a.   Ormhaug, S. M., Jensen, T. K., Wentzel-Larsen, T., & Shirk, S. R. (2013).  The therapeutic alliance in treatment of traumatized youths:  Relation to outcome in a randomized clinical trial.  American Psychological Association. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0033884

  1. Diehle, J., Opmeer, B. C., Boer, F., Mannarino, A. P., & Lindauer, R. J. L. (2014). Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy or eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: what works in children with posttraumatic stress symptoms? A randomized controlled trial. Eur. Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (online).

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00787-014-0572-5

  1. Murray, Laura K., Skavenski, Stephanie, Kane, Jeremy C., Mayeya, John, Dorsey, Shannon, Cohen, Judy A., Michalopoulos, Lynn T., Imasiku, Mwyla, and Bolton, Paul A. (2015). Effectiveness of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy among trauma-affected children in Lusaka, Zambia – A Randomized Clinical Trial.  JAMA Pediatrics (online).                                                                       http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.0580

 

  1. Salloum, A., Small, B. J., Robst, J., Scheeringa, M. S., Cohen, J. A., &Storch, E. A. (2015). Stepped and Standard Care for Childhood Trauma: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial.  Research on Social Work Practice (Online First), 1-11.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049731515601898

  1. Salloum, A., Wang, W., Robst, J., Murphy, T. K., Scheeringa, M. S., Cohen, J. A., & Storch, E. A. (2015). Stepped care versus standard trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy for young children.  Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (online).

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12471

  1. Cohen, J. A., Mannarino, A. P., Jankowski, K., Rosenberg, S., Kodya, S., & Wolford II, G. L. (2016). A Randomized Implementation Study of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adjudicated Teens in Residential Treatment Facilities.  Child Maltreatment (online).

http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077559515624775

  1. Goldbeck, L., Muche, R., Sachser, C., Tutus, D., & Rosner, R. (2016). Effectiveness of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children and Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Eight German Mental Health Clinics. Psychotherapy and Psychomatics 16, 159-170.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000442824