PTSD Treatment Reference Guides and AHRQ Evidence Reports

Reference guides for treatments in the PTSD Repository and annual AHRQ evidence reports on pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic PTSD treatments from 2019 to 2025. It includes a psychotherapy categorization table and a practical guide for conducting meta-analyses in mental health research. The data is maintained by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD.

Use Cases

• Categorize PTSD treatments using the Psychotherapy Categorization Table to analyze treatment classification specificity.
• Conduct meta-analyses on PTSD treatments using the step-by-step guide and the annual AHRQ Report and Data Files.
• Reference treatment descriptions from the Reference Guide: Treatments Found in the PTSD Repository for systematic literature reviews.
• Track updates to the PTSD Repository evidence base by comparing AHRQ reports from 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025.

Strengths

• Includes annual AHRQ evidence reports spanning from 2019 to 2025, providing a multi-year update series.
• Contains a specific Psychotherapy Categorization Table for grouping standardized treatments.
• Provides a dedicated, practical guide for conducting meta-analyses in mental health research.
• Maintained by the authoritative U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD.

Limitations

• The dataset consists of reference documents and reports rather than structured, analyzable tabular data.
• Sample data and specific column definitions for any underlying trial data are unavailable.
• The scope is focused on reference materials, limiting direct use for quantitative modeling.

Provenance

Source

United States Department of Veterans Affairs. National Center for PTSD.

Collection Method

Commissioned AHRQ Evidence-based Practice Centers to develop update reviews for the PTSD Repository.

Time Range

Reports cover updates from 2019 to 2025.

Freshness

Last updated in February 2026, with reports released annually.

Geography

Primarily United States, as the work is commissioned by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.