The impact of trauma-focused psychotherapies on anger: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Anger is one of the most prevalent concerns among individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and is often a residual symptom following PTSD treatment. The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to determine how effective trauma-focused PTSD psychotherapies are in reducing anger.

Method

The study was reported according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. This study conducted a systematic review of studies that reported the effect of trauma-focused treatments on anger outcomes. Additionally, a meta-analysis was conducted with a subset of studies that used randomized controlled trials (RCTs) methodologies to compare trauma-focused PTSD treatments to nontrauma-focused and control conditions.

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SUBMITTER: Wells SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11436488 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature