Purpose. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a disorder with important prevalence, morbidity, co-morbidity as well as economic cost. This study examines the comparative efficacy and effectiveness of pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy. / Data sources. (1) MEDLINE search from 1966 to present using both McSH terms and related keywords; (2) reference lists from retrieved articles; (3) reference lists from systematic reviews and books (4) consultation with "key informants". / Study selection. All studies that examined therapeutic interventions for at least 6 subjects with PTSD were targeted for retrieval. Studies in English and French, with data enabling the calculation of a within condition effect size (ES) were retained for the analysis. A random sample of excluded studies was read to confirm that no relevant study was missed with our inclusion criteria. / Data extraction. Data on study design, study population, diagnostic method, co-morbidity, duration of illness, treatment type, outcome measure, outcome and duration of follow-up were extracted by two authors. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.33857 |
| Date | January 2002 |
| Creators | Wazana, Ashley. |
| Contributors | Perry, Chris (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Psychiatry.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001863875, proquestno: MQ78974, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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