Is written trauma exposure effective in reducing symptoms of posttraumatic stress in adults?: A systematic review

Rachelle Dawson; Richard O'Kearney; Sonia McCallum; Sarah McKenna; Alison Calear; Reg Nixon

Is written trauma exposure effective in reducing symptoms of posttraumatic stress in adults? A systematic review

Rachelle Dawson
, Richard O'Kearney
, Sonia McCallum
, Sarah McKenna
, Alison Calear
, Reg Nixon

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

Introduction

The stepped-care model has been adopted by various healthcare systems to reduce costs and overcome barriers to treatment. Written exposure is a low-intensity treatment for PTSD that may be disseminated into stepped-care. Written exposure involves one or more sessions of writing about a traumatic experience, either online or in-person. It was the aim of this review to systematically assess the efficacy for written exposure in reducing posttraumatic stress in adults across a plethora of writing paradigms, and to explore whether different features of writing paradigms account for differences in outcomes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 9th World Congress of Behavioural & Cognitive Therapies
Subtitle of host publication	Berlin, July 17th-20th 2019
Editors	Thomas Heidenreich, Philip Tata, Simon Blackwell
Publisher	dgvt-Verlag
Pages	323-324
Number of pages	2
Volume	Volume II: Posters
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-87159-852-4, 9783871598524
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	9th World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies - CityCube, Berlin, Germany Duration: 17 Jul 2019 → 20 Jul 2019 https://wcbct2019.org/ (Conference site)

Conference

Conference	9th World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies
Abbreviated title	WCBCT2019
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Berlin
Period	17/07/19 → 20/07/19
Internet address	https://wcbct2019.org/ (Conference site)

Keywords

Conference abstract
Conference poster
Behavioural & Cognitive Therapies
WCBCT2019
written trauma exposure
PTSD
stepped-care model
posttraumatic stress in adults
reduction of posttraumatic stress in adults

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Dawson, R., O'Kearney, R., McCallum, S., McKenna, S., Calear, A., & Nixon, R. (2019). Is written trauma exposure effective in reducing symptoms of posttraumatic stress in adults? A systematic review. In T. Heidenreich, P. Tata, & S. Blackwell (Eds.), Proceedings of the 9th World Congress of Behavioural & Cognitive Therapies: Berlin, July 17th-20th 2019 (Vol. Volume II: Posters, pp. 323-324). dgvt-Verlag. https://wcbct2019.org/Downloads/abstract-book-2.pdf

Dawson, Rachelle ; O'Kearney, Richard ; McCallum, Sonia et al. / Is written trauma exposure effective in reducing symptoms of posttraumatic stress in adults? A systematic review. Proceedings of the 9th World Congress of Behavioural & Cognitive Therapies: Berlin, July 17th-20th 2019. editor / Thomas Heidenreich ; Philip Tata ; Simon Blackwell. Vol. Volume II: Posters dgvt-Verlag, 2019. pp. 323-324

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Dawson, R, O'Kearney, R, McCallum, S, McKenna, S, Calear, A & Nixon, R 2019, Is written trauma exposure effective in reducing symptoms of posttraumatic stress in adults? A systematic review. in T Heidenreich, P Tata & S Blackwell (eds), Proceedings of the 9th World Congress of Behavioural & Cognitive Therapies: Berlin, July 17th-20th 2019. vol. Volume II: Posters, dgvt-Verlag, pp. 323-324, 9th World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 17/07/19. <https://wcbct2019.org/Downloads/abstract-book-2.pdf>

Is written trauma exposure effective in reducing symptoms of posttraumatic stress in adults? A systematic review. / Dawson, Rachelle; O'Kearney, Richard; McCallum, Sonia et al.
Proceedings of the 9th World Congress of Behavioural & Cognitive Therapies: Berlin, July 17th-20th 2019. ed. / Thomas Heidenreich; Philip Tata; Simon Blackwell. Vol. Volume II: Posters dgvt-Verlag, 2019. p. 323-324.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Dawson R, O'Kearney R, McCallum S, McKenna S, Calear A, Nixon R. Is written trauma exposure effective in reducing symptoms of posttraumatic stress in adults? A systematic review. In Heidenreich T, Tata P, Blackwell S, editors, Proceedings of the 9th World Congress of Behavioural & Cognitive Therapies: Berlin, July 17th-20th 2019. Vol. Volume II: Posters. dgvt-Verlag. 2019. p. 323-324