Implementation of CBT for Youth Affected by the World Trade Center Disaster: Matching Need to Treatment Intensity and Reducing Trauma Symptoms
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2010
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Journal of Traumatic Stress
Abstract
An implementation study of cognitive–behavioral therapies (CBT) was conducted for traumatized youth in a
postdisaster context. Headed by the New York State Office of Mental Health, the study targeted youth (N = 306)
ages 5–21 affected by the World Trade Center disaster. They received either trauma-specific CBT or brief CBT
skills depending upon the severity of trauma symptoms. Clinicians were trained to deliver these interventions and
received monthly consultation. A regression discontinuity design was used to assess optimal strategies for matching
need to service intensity. At 6-months postbaseline, both groups had improved. Rate of change was similar despite
differences in severity of need. The implications for the implementation of evidence-based treatments postdisaster
are discussed.
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traumatic stress, traumatized children, cognitive-behavioral therapy, disaster, treatment
Citation
Weaver, C. M., Olin, S., & Wisdom, J. (2010). Implementation of CBT for youth affected by the World Trade Center disaster: Matching need to treatment intensity and reducing trauma symptoms. J Trauma Stress, 23(6), 699e707.