Intervention Study design (n) Trauma and location Duration Outcome measures * Catani et al. (2009) Meditation-relaxation vs. Narrative Exposure Therapy Randomized trial (n = 31) Children traumatized by war and tsunami in Sri Lanka 6 sessions UPID, five item scale to assess problems in functioning, five questions related to the tsunami experience Gordon et al. (2008) Mind-body skills group vs. Delayed intervention RCT (n=82) Adolescents exposed to war in Kosovo 12 sessions (6 weeks) HTQ Staples et al. (2011) Mind-body skills group Open trial (n=129) Children and adolescents exposed to political violence in Gaza 10 sessions (5 weeks) CPSS Gordon et al. (2004) Mind-body skills group Open trial (n=139) Adolescents exposed to war in Kosovo 6 sessions (6 weeks) PTSD Reaction Index *Outcome measures limited to those relevant to current review (i.e., PTSD related) Abbreviations: UPID = UCLA PTSD Index for DSM-IV, HTQ = Harvard Trauma Questionnaire, CPSS = Child PTSD Symptom Scale

Table 2: Summary of study characteristics.