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Judith A Cohen1, Esther Deblinger2, Anthony P Mannarino3
1Department of Psychiatry, Drexel University College of Medicine/Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Trauma-specific cognitive behavioral therapies (CBTs) have several common components and have the strongest evidence for improving children's symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other trauma-related mental health problems. The model with the strongest empirical support for improving children's PTSD and related symptoms, TF-CBT, has been tested in more than 2 dozen randomized controlled trials, modified for many specific populations, and widely disseminated. The TF-CBT components and modifications for complex PTSD; Black children who experience racial trauma; and children with parental substance use are described, and brief examples of other child trauma CBTs are provided.
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