SynthesisBulletin of the World Health Organization2025
Treatment of children and adolescents with post-traumatic stress in humanitarian crises: systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Posttraumatic stress disorder from early childhood to late adolescence: a resilience-oriented approach to prevention, diagnosis, and clinical management.Discover mental health · 2026Review
- The effectiveness of a proposed program to enhance social and emotional skills on developing psychological well-being (good condition) in UNRWA schools: Jalazone Basic Schools as a model.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Determinants of perceived stress among adolescents during wartime in Ukraine.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Impact of a Major Earthquake on Glycemic Control in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: A Retrospective Cohort Study from Türkiye.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Objective: To assess the effectiveness of mental health and psychosocial support interventions for addressing post-traumatic stress symptoms in children and adolescents in humanitarian settings, with separate analyses of targeted and universal interventions. Methods: We systematically searched MEDLINE, Web of Science, PTSDpubs and PsycInfo databases for relevant randomized controlled trials that involved individuals aged 18 years or younger in humanitarian settings and compared psychological interventions with passive controls. Random-effects meta-analyses were performed separately for interventions targeted to specific symptoms and for more general universal interventions. The review was registered on PROSPERO (CRD42023434878). Findings: The meta-analysis included 16 trials of targeted interventions ( Conclusion: Both targeted and universal mental health and psychosocial support interventions were associated with fewer post-traumatic stress symptoms among children and adolescents in humanitarian settings compared with passive controls. As interventions delivered by non-specialists were also successful, task-sharing could be considered where resources are scarce.
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