A Meta-Analysis of Interpersonal and Psychodynamic Psychotherapies for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

What is it about?

Current evidence-based cognitive-behavioral therapies for post-traumatic stress disorder are effective, but over half of patients do not remit their diagnosis and not all patients tolerate these treatments. We ran a meta-analysis of interpersonal and psychodynamic psychotherapies for PTSD, which focus on different mechanisms of change (attachment, mentalization, and social support). We found good support that these therapies, particularly may beat control groups and have similar effects to cognitive-behavioral therapies for PTSD, with interpersonal therapy having similar effects in multiple trials.

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