Bibliographic Info
GuidelineMental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) guideline for mental, neurological and substance use disorders, [3rd ed.].
Year of Publication2023
Issuing InstitutionWorld Health Organization
Recommendation
Status
Updated
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
Moderate
Psychological interventions should be offered for children and adolescents with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Namely, these include: individual face-to-face cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) with a trauma focus; group face-to-face CBT with a trauma focus; eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)