While mindfulness-based interventions have been widely examined among adults with posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD], they were very scarcely studied among traumatized adolescents.

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 5 representative gaps

• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Youth: A Critical Review of the Cognitive and Behavioral Treatment Outcome Literature. (2004) · doi

  What treatments work for children who have posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)? Perhaps more important, what else do clinicians need to learn? In this article, the authors focus on treatment research in the area of trauma and PTSD in youth, in an attempt to highlight the clinical implications of such work and to identify the areas in which additional research is needed.

  Keywords: ptsd treatments children posttraumatic stress disorder perhaps important else clinicians need learn article authors focus
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Functioning and Quality of Life Outcomes in a Nationally Representative Sample of Male Vietnam Veterans (1997) · doi

  OBJECTIVE: Although posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a highly prevalent and often chronic condition, the relationship between PTSD and functioning and quality of life remains incompletely understood.

  Keywords: ptsd objective posttraumatic stress disorder highly prevalent often chronic condition relationship functioning quality life remains
• Childhood Emotional Maltreatment and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in the Context of Centrality of the Event and Intrusive Rumination (2020) · doi

  The purpose of this study was to examine relationships among an understudied form of maltreatment: childhood emotional maltreatment (CEM) and cognitive processes that may directly or indirectly explain development of PTSD among CEM survivors.

  Keywords: among maltreatment purpose examine relationships understudied form childhood emotional cognitive processes directly indirectly explain development
• Mindfulness-Based Therapy for Traumatized Adolescents: An Underutilized, Understudied Intervention (2018) · doi

  While mindfulness-based interventions have been widely examined among adults with posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD], they were very scarcely studied among traumatized adolescents.

  Keywords: among mindfulness based interventions widely examined adults posttraumatic stress disorder ptsd scarcely studied traumatized adolescents
• Postdisaster Emotional Distress, Depression and Event-Related Variables: Findings Across Child and Adolescent Developmental Stages (2002) · doi

  OBJECTIVE: Developmental approaches have not been widely used in child and adolescent posttraumatic stress disorder research, and little is known about developmental differences in response to postdisaster trauma.

  Keywords: developmental objective approaches widely used child adolescent posttraumatic stress disorder little known differences response postdisaster