Abstract
Due to the lack of research on other types of treatments for traumatized youth (i.e., one published randomized controlled study of a non-CBT psychosocial intervention and no published pharmacological interventions with controlled trials), only CBTs are reviewed. Key findings are (a) there is preliminary evidence found in numerous single-case designs for the effectiveness of exposure, group CBT with exposure, and anxiety-management training; (b) evidence is found in well-designed re search studies with randomized trials that brief treatments for disaster- and violence-related PTSD are efficacious; (c) sequential studies of child and parent CBT programs (including exposure and parent-training for PTSD and symptoms of sexual abuse) are suggestive of short- and long-term efficacy when provided in either individual, group, or parallel child and parent treatments; and (d) effective CBT treatments for sexually abused youth, with or without a focus on treating PTSD, entail parent or family involvement.