Effects of medical crisis intervention on anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress symptoms: A meta-analysis

Amy B. Stapleton; Jeffrey Lating; Matthew Kirkhart; George S. Everly

doi:10.1007/s11126-006-9010-2

Effects of medical crisis intervention on anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress symptoms: A meta-analysis

Amy B. Stapleton, Jeffrey Lating, Matthew Kirkhart, George S. Everly

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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A meta-analysis of 11 studies (N=2124) investigating the impact of individual crisis intervention with medical patients yielded a significant, overall moderate effect size, d=0.44. The strongest effect of individual crisis intervention was on posttraumatic stress symptoms (d=0.57) and anxiety symptoms (d=0.52). Specific moderating factors, such as single versus multiple sessions, single versus multiple components of intervention, and level of interventionists' training, were also analyzed. In sum, the results support highly trained interventionists continuing to provide multi-session interventions in order to mitigate posttraumatic symptomatology following traumatic events.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	231-238
Number of pages	8
Journal	Psychiatric Quarterly
Volume	77
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11126-006-9010-2
State	Published - Sep 2006

Keywords

Crisis intervention
Medical patients
PTSD
Trauma

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Psychiatry and Mental health

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