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The Emerging Literature on Exposure‐Based Writing Therapies for Subthreshold and Clinical Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Response to Thompson‐Hollands et al.’s (2020) Commentary on Dawson et al. (2020)
Author(s) -
Dawson Rachelle L.,
Calear Alison L.,
McCallum Sonia M.,
McKenna Sarah,
Nixon Reginald D. V.,
O'Kearney Richard
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of traumatic stress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-6598
pISSN - 0894-9867
DOI - 10.1002/jts.22643
Subject(s) - posttraumatic stress , psychology , psychotherapist , scope (computer science) , systematic review , psychoanalysis , clinical psychology , medline , computer science , political science , law , programming language
Abstract Thompson‐Hollands et al.’s (2020) commentary on our systematic review of exposure‐based writing therapies for subthreshold and clinical posttraumatic stress symptoms (Dawson et al., 2020) emphasizes important questions about the impact of heterogeneity in drawing inferences from evidence reviews. In this reply, we discuss (a) our rationale for undertaking a systematic review that was broad rather than narrow in scope and (b) provide clarifications on how heterogeneity was considered in the meta‐analyses that were conducted. We also strongly agree with Thompson‐Hollands et al.’s recommendation that future research should focus on better understanding the mechanisms by which exposure‐based writing therapies help reduce posttraumatic stress symptoms.