Trial reportJournal of traumatic stress2017
Somatic Experiencing for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Outcome Study.
Trial report in Journal of traumatic stress, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05613972 (Using Integrated Suicide and Trauma Therapy to Reduce Suicide Risk Among Adults With a History of Childhood Trauma), which is not on this map. Cited by 25 papers.
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Using Integrated Suicide and Trauma Therapy to Reduce Suicide Risk Among Adults With a History of Childhood Trauma
Who cites it
25 citing papers in PubMed.
- Veterans' experiences of somatic experiencing and prolonged exposure therapies for post-traumatic stress disorder: A qualitative analysis.Psychology and psychotherapy · 2025Trial
- Somatic experiencing® for patients with low back pain and comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder - protocol of a randomized controlled trial.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2018Trial
- Witnessing the end, supporting the living: A qualitative study of palliative caregiving in end-of-life patients in Türkiye.Palliative & supportive care · 2026Article
- MASSAG model: Towards an integrative neuroscience framework linking emotional trauma, pain, and mechanisms of force-based manipulations.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2026Review
- Cultural development and validation of a group-based Somatic Experiencing® intervention for Indonesian women survivors of sexual assault with PTSD symptoms: a mixed-methods study.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Adjunct psychomotor trauma exposure in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder: a case series.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Article
- Self-Reported Improvements in Comorbid Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms, Depression, Anxiety, and Sleep Among Real-World Patients Receiving Medical Ketamine: Exploring the Role of Adjunct Therapies.European journal of trauma & dissociation = Revue europeenne du trauma et de la dissociation · 2025Article
- Using the Trauma Reintegration Process to Treat Posttraumatic Stress Disorder with Dissociation and Somatic Features: A Case Series.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Body as a Vessel for Trauma: The Clinical Case Study of Aisha.Brain sciences · 2025Article
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- 6-Fold path to self-forgiveness: an interdisciplinary model for the treatment of moral injury with intervention strategies for clinicians.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A State-of-the-art Review.Current neuropharmacology · 2024Review
- Body Aware: Adolescents' and Young Adults' Lived Experiences of Body Awareness.Psychologica Belgica · 2024Article
- Evaluating Somatic ExperiencingInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Performing Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) across Borders: Midterm Follow-Up of the Aeromedical Evacuation after Civilian Bus Accident at Madeira.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Clinical stance on response initiation in autistic adults: co-creating an integrative approach based on theory and lived experiences to act from language, via motor movement to wellbeing.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Self-Medication for Chronic Pain Using Classic Psychedelics: A Qualitative Investigation to Inform Future Research.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Somatic experiencing - effectiveness and key factors of a body-oriented trauma therapy: a scoping literature review.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2021Article
- Body therapy versus treatment as usual among Danish veterans with PTSD: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial combined with a qualitative study.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2020Article
- Non-pharmacological and non-psychological approaches to the treatment of PTSD: results of a systematic review and meta-analyses.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2020Article
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Abstract
This study presents the first known randomized controlled study evaluating the effectiveness of somatic experiencing (SE), an integrative body-focused therapy for treating people with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). There were 63 participants meeting DSM-IV-TR full criteria for PTSD included. Baseline clinical interviews and self-report measures were completed by all participants, who were then randomly assigned to study (n = 33) or waitlist (n = 30) groups. Study participants began 15 weekly SE sessions, whereas waitlist participants waited the same period, after which the second evaluation was conducted. All participants were evaluated a third time after an additional 15 weeks, during which time the waitlist group received SE therapy. Pretreatment evaluation showed no significant differences between groups. Mixed model linear regression analysis showed significant intervention effects for posttraumatic symptoms severity (Cohen's d = 0.94 to 1.26) and depression (Cohen's d = 0.7 to 1.08) both pre-post and pre-follow-up. This randomized controlled study of SE shows positive results indicating SE may be an effective therapy method for PTSD. Further research is needed to understand who shall benefit most from this treatment modality.
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