Health professionals need access to up-to-date information in order to determine which interventions are considered most effective for children and young people experiencing trauma and loss.

In the first stage, we have compiled existing reviews of published research findings. These are primarily systematic reviews. Reviews are only included when the author provides details about how they obtained, selected and appraised the studies.  

Selected reviews

1.       Bereavement

2.       Trauma and traumatic events

3.       Child abuse and neglect

Systematic reviews:

• do not necessarily cover all interventions used by practitioners. Other interventions or promising practices might be used, but not formally reported in published literature.
• vary in quality. The methodological quality of a systematic review needs to be assessed in order to decide if and how the results of the review should be used in practice.

Practitioners need to:

• locate systematic reviews relevant to their own areas of practice (i.e., clients seen, their problems and the settings in which they are seen)
• critically appraise these reviews themselves, with their own clients in mind and reflecting on the applicability of the review for their own practice.

Find out more about research terms and concepts listed below (click here)

• Evidence-based practice 
• Systematic reviews and meta-analyses
• Assessing methodological quality of a review
• Locating systematic reviews
• Generalising to your own areas of practice
• Complex problems
• Promising practices