Four Decades of Military Posttraumatic Stress: Protocol for a Meta-analysis and Systematic Review of Treatment Approaches and Efficacy

Jenny J W Liu   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Anthony Nazarov   ^{1, 2, 3} , PhD ;   Bethany Easterbrook   ^{1, 3} , MSc ;   Rachel A Plouffe   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Tri Le   ¹ , BHSc ;   Callista Forchuk   ¹ , MSc ;   Alec Brandwood   ¹ , BHSc ;   Kate St Cyr   ^{1, 4} , MSc ;   Edouard Auger   ^{5, 6} , MD, FRCPC ;   Ken Balderson   ^{2, 7} , MD, CM, FRCPC ;   Mathieu Bilodeau   ^{5, 6} , MSc, MD, FRCPC ;   Amer M Burhan   ^{8, 9} , MBChB, MSc, FRCPC ;   Murray W Enns   ^{10, 11} , MD, FRCPC ;   Patrick Smith   ¹² , PhD ;   Fardous Hosseiny   ¹² , MSc ;   Gabrielle Dupuis   ¹² , MSc ;   Maya Roth   ^{7, 13} , PhD, CPsych ;   Natalie Mota   ¹⁴ , PhD ;   Vicky Lavoie   ⁵ , PhD ;   J Don Richardson   ^{1, 2, 15} , MD, FRCPC

¹ The MacDonald Franklin Operational Stress Injury Research Centre, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, ON, Canada

² Department of Psychiatry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada

³ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

⁴ Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁵ Clinique pour traumatismes liés au stress opérationnel, Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de la Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, QC, Canada

⁶ Department of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, QC, Canada

⁷ St. Joseph's Operational Stress Injury Clinic, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁸ Ontario Shores Centre of Mental Health Sciences, Whitby, ON, Canada

⁹ Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹⁰ Department of Psychiatry, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

¹¹ Winnipeg Operational Stress Injury Clinic, Winnipeg, ON, Canada

¹² Centre of Excellence on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Related Mental Health Conditions, Ottawa, ON, Canada

¹³ Yeates School of Graduate Studies, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹⁴ Department of Clinical Health Psychology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, ON, Canada

¹⁵ St. Joseph's Operational Stress Injury Clinic, London, ON, Canada