Research and Sources

The studies, guidelines and classifications cited on Closing the Wound’s clinical pages, with a link to each primary source.

Complex Trauma (C-PTSD)

World Health Organization. ICD-11, 6B41 Complex post traumatic stress disorder. icd.who.int
Maercker A, Brewin CR (2024). Controversies in trauma- and stress-related disorders. British Journal of Psychiatry. UCL Discovery
US Department of Veterans Affairs, National Center for PTSD. Complex PTSD: history and definitions. ptsd.va.gov
Karatzias T and colleagues (2019). Psychological interventions for ICD-11 complex PTSD symptoms: systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychological Medicine, 49(11), 1761-1775. PubMed
ISTSS Guidelines Committee. ISTSS guidelines position paper on complex PTSD in adults. istss.org

Hofmann SG, Asnaani A, Vonk IJJ, Sawyer AT, Fang A (2012). The efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy: a review of meta-analyses. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 36(5), 427-440. DOI
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2011, updated 2020). Generalised anxiety disorder and panic disorder in adults: management (CG113). nice.org.uk
Hoge EA and colleagues (2023). Mindfulness-based stress reduction vs escitalopram for the treatment of adults with anxiety disorders: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Psychiatry, 80(1), 13-21. DOI

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2022). Depression in adults: treatment and management (NG222). nice.org.uk
Kuyken W and colleagues (2016). Efficacy of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in prevention of depressive relapse: an individual patient data meta-analysis from randomized trials. JAMA Psychiatry, 73(6), 565-574. DOI

Anderson ML, Goodman J, Schlossberg NK (2012). Counseling adults in transition: linking Schlossberg’s theory with practice in a diverse world (4th ed.). New York: Springer Publishing.
Doki S, Sasahara S, Matsuzaki I (2018). Stress of working abroad: a systematic review. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 91(7), 767-784. Springer

Roddy MK, Walsh LM, Rothman K, Hatch SG, Doss BD (2020). Meta-analysis of couple therapy: effects across outcomes, designs, timeframes, and other moderators. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 88(7), 583-596. DOI

Wigford A, Higgins A (2019). Wellbeing in international schools: teachers’ perceptions. Educational & Child Psychology, 36(4), 46-64. ERIC
World Health Organization (2019). Burn-out an “occupational phenomenon”: International Classification of Diseases. who.int

White M, Epston D (1990). Narrative means to therapeutic ends. New York: W. W. Norton.
Vromans LP, Schweitzer RD (2011). Narrative therapy for adults with major depressive disorder: improved symptom and interpersonal outcomes. Psychotherapy Research, 21(1), 4-15. DOI
Hu G, Han B, Gains H, Jia Y (2024). Effectiveness of narrative therapy for depressive symptoms in adults with somatic disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 24(4), 100520. DOI

Brom D and colleagues (2017). Somatic Experiencing for posttraumatic stress disorder: a randomized controlled outcome study. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 30(3), 304-312. DOI
Kuhfuß M and colleagues (2021). Somatic experiencing: effectiveness and key factors of a body-oriented trauma therapy: a scoping literature review. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 12(1), 1929023. DOI

Shadick NA and colleagues (2013). A randomized controlled trial of an internal family systems-based psychotherapeutic intervention on outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis: a proof-of-concept study. Journal of Rheumatology, 40(11), 1831-1841. jrheum.org
Hodgdon HB, Anderson FG, Southwell E, Hrubec W, Schwartz R (2022). Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among survivors of multiple childhood trauma: a pilot effectiveness study. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 31(1), 22-43. DOI

Hofmann SG, Asnaani A, Vonk IJJ, Sawyer AT, Fang A (2012). The efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy: a review of meta-analyses. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 36(5), 427-440. DOI
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2022). Depression in adults: treatment and management (NG222). nice.org.uk
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2011, updated 2020). Generalised anxiety disorder and panic disorder in adults: management (CG113). nice.org.uk
Hoge EA and colleagues (2023). Mindfulness-based stress reduction vs escitalopram for the treatment of adults with anxiety disorders: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Psychiatry, 80(1), 13-21. DOI
Kuyken W and colleagues (2016). Efficacy of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in prevention of depressive relapse: an individual patient data meta-analysis from randomized trials. JAMA Psychiatry, 73(6), 565-574. DOI

Fernandez E, Woldgabreal Y, Day A, Pham T, Gleich B, Aboujaoude E (2021). Live psychotherapy by video versus in-person: a meta-analysis of efficacy and its relationship to types and targets of treatment. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 28(6), 1535-1549. DOI

Bremner JD (2006). Traumatic stress: effects on the brain. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience, 8(4), 445-461. PubMed

Hebb DO (1949). The organization of behavior: a neuropsychological theory. New York: Wiley.
Maguire EA and colleagues (2000). Navigation-related structural change in the hippocampi of taxi drivers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 97(8), 4398-4403. DOI
Smarter Every Day. The Backwards Brain Bicycle (video). YouTube
Öhman A, Soares JJF (1994). “Unconscious anxiety”: phobic responses to masked stimuli. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 103(2), 231-240. DOI
Kleim JA, Jones TA (2008). Principles of experience-dependent neural plasticity: implications for rehabilitation after brain damage. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 51(1), S225-S239. DOI

Porges SW (2009). The polyvagal theory: new insights into adaptive reactions of the autonomic nervous system. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, 76(Suppl 2), S86-S90. DOI
Grossman P (2023). Fundamental challenges and likely refutations of the five basic premises of the polyvagal theory. Biological Psychology, 180, 108589. DOI
Grossman P and colleagues (2026). Why the polyvagal theory is untenable: an international expert evaluation of the polyvagal theory and commentary upon Porges, S.W. (2025). Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 23(1), 100-112. DOI

Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562 (2019), unofficial English translation hosted by Mahidol University. mahidol.ac.th
DLA Piper (2021). Thailand postponed the implementation of the Data Protection Act until 1 June 2022. dlapiper.com

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