Appendix 1. Search strategies

Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) 2013(4) Last searched 9 May 2013 (previously searched November 2009, 17 May 2012)

#1(child* near/5 abuse*)
#2(sex* near/5 abuse*)
#3(incest*)
#4(sex* near/5 offen*)
#5(sex* near/5 child*)
#6MeSH descriptor Incest explode all trees
#7MeSH descriptor Child Abuse, Sexual explode all trees
#8(#1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5 OR #6 OR #7)
#9MeSH descriptor Psychoanalytic Therapy explode all trees
#10psychoanaly*
#11psychodynamic*
#12child* near/3 analys*
#13MeSH descriptor Psychoanalysis explode all trees
#14MeSH descriptor Psychotherapy explode all trees
#15psychotherap*
#16freud* next therap*
#17freud* next psychotherap*
#18(jung* next therap*) or (jung* next psychotherap*)
#19(klein* next therap*) or (klein* next psychotherap*):ti
#20(winnicott* next therap*) or (winnicott next psychotherap*)
#21(object relations next therap*) or (object relations next psychotherap*)
#22MeSH descriptor Psychotherapy, Group, this term only
#23(group* next therap*) or (group* next technique*) or (group* next psychotherap*)
#24(#9 OR #10 OR #11 OR #12 OR #13 OR #14 OR #15 OR #16 OR #17 OR #18 OR #19 OR #20 OR #21 OR #22 OR #23)
#25child* or girl* or boy* or schoolchild* or adolescen* or teen* or pre‐school* or preschool*
#26(#8 AND #24 AND #25)

Ovid MEDLINE 1946 to May Week 1 2013 Last searched 9 May 2013 (previously searched 17 May 2012)

1 Child Abuse, Sexual/
2 incest/
3 (child$ adj5 abuse$).tw.
4 (sex$ adj5 abuse$).tw.
5 (sex$ adj5 offenc$).tw.
6 (sex$ adj5 offens$).tw.
7 incest$.tw.
8 (sex$ adj5 child$).tw.
9 or/1‐8
10 exp Psychoanalytic Therapy/
11 psychoanaly$.tw.
12 psychodynamic$.tw.
13 (child$ adj3 analys$).tw.
14 Psychoanalysis/
15 exp Psychotherapy/
16 psychotherap$.tw.
17 (freud$ adj (therap$ or psychotherap$)).tw.
18 (jung$ adj (therap$ or psychotherap$)).tw.
19 (klein$ adj (therap$ or psychotherap$)).tw.
20 (winnicott$ adj (therap$ or psychotherap$)).tw.
21 (object relations adj (therap$ or psychotherap$)).tw.
22 Psychotherapy, Group/
23 (group adj (therap$ or technique$ or psychotherap$)).tw.
24 or/10‐23
25 child/ or adolescent/
26 Child, Preschool/
27 (child$ or girl$ or boy$ or schoolchild$ or adolescen$ or teen$ or pre‐school$ or preschool$).tw. (1011292)
28 or/25‐27
29 9 and 24 and 28 (2406)
30 randomized controlled trial.pt.
31 controlled clinical trial.pt.
32 randomi#ed.ab.
33 placebo$.ab.
34 drug therapy.fs.
35 randomly.ab.
36 trial.ab.
37 groups.ab.
38 or/30‐37
39 exp animals/ not humans.sh.
40 38 not 39

Medline 1950 to current searched 27 November 2009

1 (child$ adj5 abuse$).tw.
2 (sex$ adj5 abuse$).tw.
3 incest$.tw.
4 (sex$ adj5 offenc$).tw.
5 (sex$ adj5 child$).tw.
6 (sex$ adj5 offens$).tw.
7 incest/
8 Child Abuse, Sexual/
9 Incest/
10 or/1‐9
11 exp Psychoanalytic Therapy/
12 psychoanaly$.tw.
13 psychodynamic$.tw.
14 (child$ adj3 analys$).tw.
15 Psychoanalysis/
16 exp Psychotherapy/
17 psychotherap$.tw.
18 (freudian adj (therap$ or psychotherap$)).tw.
19 (jungian adj (therap$ or psychotherap$)).tw.
20 (kleinian adj (therap$ or psychotherap$)).tw.
21 (winnicottian adj (therap$ or psychotherap$)).tw.
22 (object relations based adj (therap$ or psychotherap$)).tw.
23 Psychotherapy, Group/ (10123)
24 (group adj (therap$ or technique$ or psychotherap$)).tw.
25 adolescent/ or child/
26 Child, Preschool/
27 (child$ or girl$ or boy$ or schoolchild$ or adolescen$ or teen$ or pre‐school$ or preschool$).tw.
28 26 or 27
29 11 or 21 or 17 or 12 or 20 or 15 or 14 or 22 or 18 or 24 or 23 or 13 or 16 or 19
30 28 and 10 and 29
31 randomized controlled trial.pt.
32 controlled clinical trial.pt.
33 randomized.ab.
34 placebo.ab.
35 drug therapy.fs.
36 randomly.ab.
37 trial.ab.
38 groups.ab.
39 31 or 32 or 33 or 34 or 35 or 36 or 37 or 38
40 humans.sh.
41 39 and 40
42 30 and 41

PsycINFO (Ovid) 1806 to April Week 5 2013 Last searched 9 May 2013 (previously searched November 2009, 17 May 2012)

1 Sexual Abuse/
2 Incest/
3 (child$ adj5 abuse$).tw.
4 (sex$ adj5 abuse$).tw.
5 incest$.tw.
6 (sex$ adj5 offenc$).tw.
7 (sex$ adj5 offens$).tw.
8 (sex$ adj5 child$).tw.
9 or/1‐8
10 exp Psychotherapy/
11 psychoanaly$.tw.
12 psychodynamic$.tw.
13 psychotherap$.tw.
14 (child$ adj3 analys$).tw.
15 (freud$ adj (therap$ or psychotherap$)).tw.
16 (jung$ adj (therap$ or psychotherap$)).tw.
17 (klein$ adj (therap$ or psychotherap$)).tw.
18 (winnicott$ adj (therap$ or psychotherap$)).tw.
19 (object relations based adj (therap$ or psychotherap$)).tw.
20 Group Psychotherapy/
21 (group adj (therap$ or technique$ or psychotherap$)).tw.
22 or/10‐21
23 (child$ or girl$ or boy$ or schoolchild$ or adolescen$ or teen$ or pre‐school$ or preschool$).tw.
24 (adolescence 13 17 yrs or childhood birth 12 yrs or preschool age 2 5 yrs or schoolage 6 12 yrs).ag.
25 23 or 24
26 clinical trials/
27 (randomis$ or randomiz$).tw.
28 (random$ adj3 (allocat$ or assign$)).tw.
29 ((singl$ or doubl$ or trebl$ or tripl$) adj3 (blind$ or mask$)).tw.
30 (crossover$ or "cross over$").tw.
31 random sampling/
32 Experiment Controls/
33 Placebo/
34 placebo$.tw.
35 exp program evaluation/
36 treatment effectiveness evaluation/
37 ((effectiveness or evaluat$) adj3 (stud$ or research$)).tw.
38 exp Followup Studies/
39 exp Treatment Outcomes/
40 (clinic$ adj3 trial$).tw.
41 control$.tw.
42 (prospectiv$ adj3 stud$).tw.
43 or/26‐42
44 9 and 22 and 25 and 43

CINAHL (EBSCOhost) 1937 to current Last searched 9 May 2013 (previously searched November 2009, 17 May 2012)

S44 S42 and S43
S43 EM > 20091101
S42 S9 and S22 and S38 and S41 2
S41 S39 or S40
S40 AG Child, Preschool: 2‐5 years OR Child: 6‐12 years OR Adolescent:
13‐18 years
S39 (child* or girl* or boy* or schoolchild* or adolescen* or teen* or
pre‐school* or preschool*)
S38 S24 or S25 or S26 or S27 or S28 or S29 or S30 or S31 or S32 or S33 or
S34 or S35 or S36 or S37
S37 TI (evaluat* study or evaluat* research) or AB (evaluate* study or
evaluat* research) or TI (effectiv* study or effectiv* research) or AB
(effectiv* study or effectiv* research) OR TI (prospectiv* study or
prospectiv* research) or AB(prospectiv* study or prospectiv* research) or
TI (follow‐up study or follow‐up research) or AB (follow‐up study or
follow‐up research)
S36 placebo*
S35 crossover* or "cross over*"
S34 (MH "Crossover Design")
S33 (tripl* N3 mask*) or (tripl* N3 blind*)
S32 (trebl* N3 mask*) or (trebl* N3 blind*)
S31 (doubl* N3 mask*) or (doubl* N3 blind*)
Database ‐ CINAHL Plus 27950 Edit S31
S30 (singl* N3 mask*) or (singl* N3 blind*)
S29 (clinic* N3 trial*) or (control* N3 trial*)
S28 (random* N3 allocat* ) or (random* N3 assign*)
S27 randomis* or randomiz*
S26 (MH "Meta Analysis")
S25 (MH "Clinical Trials+")
S24 MH random assignment
S23 S9 and S22
S22 S10 or S11 or S12 or S13 or S14 or S15 or S16 or S17 or S18 or S19 or S20 or S21
S21 (object relations based N1 (therap* or psychotherap*))
S20 (winnicottian N1 (therap* or psychotherap*))
S19 (kleinian N1 (therap* or psychotherap*))
S18 (jungian N1 (therap* or psychotherap*))
S17 (freudian N1 (therap* or psychotherap*))
S16 (group N3 (therap* or technique* or psychotherap*))
S15 psychotherap*
S14 (child* N3 analys*) 4
S13 psychodynamic*
S12 psychoanaly*
S11 (MH "Psychoanalysis")
S10 (MH "Psychotherapy+")
S9 S1 or S2 or S3 or S4 or S5 or S6 or S7 or S8
S8 (sex* N5 child*)
S7 sex* N5 offens*
S6 (sex* N5 offenc*)
S5 incest*
S4 (sex* N5 abuse*)
S3 (child* N5 abuse*)
S2 (MH "Incest")
S1 (MH "Child Abuse, Sexual")

Sociological Abstracts (Proquest) 1952 to current Last searched 9 May 2013 (previously searched 18 May 2012)

Searched for:(SU.EXACT("Incest") OR SU.EXACT("Child Sexual Abuse") OR (child* NEAR/5abuse*) OR (sex* NEAR/5 abuse*) OR (incest*) OR (sex* NEAR/5 offenc*) OR (sex* NEAR/ 5child*) OR (sex* NEAR/5 offens*)) AND (SU.EXACT("Psychoanalysis") OR (psychotherap*) OR(psychoanaly*) OR (psychodynamic*) OR (child* NEAR/3 analys*) OR ("freud* therap*") OR("freud* psychotherap*") OR ("jung* therap*") OR ("jung* psychotherap*") OR ("klein*therap*") OR ("klein* psychotherap*") OR ("winnicott* therap*") OR ("winnicott*psychotherap*") OR ("object relations based therap*") OR ("object relations basedpsychotherap*") OR ("group therap*") OR ("group* technique*") OR ("grouppsychotherap*")) AND (SU.EXACT("Children") OR SU.EXACT("Adolescents") ORSU.EXACT("Preschool Children") OR (child* OR boy* OR girl* OR schoolchild* OR adolescen* OR teen* OR pre‐school* OR preschool*)) AND ((random* OR crossover* OR placebo* OR assign* OR control* OR trial* OR blind*) OR SU.EXACT("Random Samples"))

Sociological Abstracts (CSA) 1963 to November 2009

Query: (((child* within 5 abuse*) or(sex* within 5 abuse*) or(incest*)
or((sex* within 5 offenc*) or (sex* within 5 child*) or (sex* within 5
offens*)) or(DE="incest") or(DE="child sexual abuse"))
and((DE="psychoanalysis") or(psychoanaly*) or(psychodynamic*) or(child*
within 3 analys*) or(DE="psychotherapy") or(psychotherap*) or((freud*
therap*) or (freud* psychotherap*)) or((jung* therap*) or (jung*
psychotherap*)) or((klein* therap*) or (klein* psychotherap*))
or((winnicott* therap*) or (winnicott* psychotherap*)) or((object
relations based therap*) or (object relations based psychotherap*))
or((group therap*) or (group* technique*) or (group psychotherap*)))
and((DE="adolescents") or(DE=("children" or "preschool children"))
or(child* or boy* or girl* or schoolchild* or adolescen* or teen* or
pre‐school* or preschool*))) and(random* or crossover* or placebo* or
assign* or control* or trial* or blind*)

Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) 1970 to 8 May 2013 Last searched 9 May 2013 (previously searched November 2009, 18 May 2012)

# 6 364 #5 AND #4
# 5 455,691 TS=(random* OR crossover* OR placebo* OR assign* OR control* OR trial* OR blind*)
# 4 1,569 #3 AND #2 AND #1
# 3 434,105 TS= (child* OR boy* OR girl* OR schoolchild* OR adolescen* OR teen* OR pre‐school* OR preschool*)
# 2 70,403 TS= ((psychotherap*) OR (psychoanaly*) OR (psychodynamic*) OR (child*NEAR/3 analys*) OR ("freud* therap*") OR ("freud* psychotherap*") OR ("jung* therap*") OR ("jung* psychotherap*") OR ("klein* therap*") OR ("klein* psychotherap*") OR ("winnicott* therap*") OR ("winnicott* psychotherap*") OR ("object relations based therap*") OR ("object relations based psychotherap*") OR ("group therap*") OR ("group* technique*") OR ("group psychotherap*"))
# 1 29,890 TS=((child* NEAR/5 abuse*) OR (sex* NEAR/5 abuse*) OR (sex* NEAR/5 offenc*) OR (sex* NEAR/5 child*))

Conference Proceedings Citation Index‐SSH Last searched 9 May 2013 (previously searched 18 May 2012). All years searched as not available in 2009

# 6 #5 AND #4
# 5 TS=(random* OR crossover* OR placebo* OR assign* OR control* OR trial* OR blind*)
# 4 #3 AND #2 AND #1
# 3 TS= (child* OR boy* OR girl* OR schoolchild* OR adolescen* OR teen* OR pre‐school* OR preschool*)
# 2 TS= ((psychotherap*) OR (psychoanaly*) OR (psychodynamic*) OR (child* NEAR/3analys*) OR ("freud* therap*") OR ("freud* psychotherap*") OR ("jung* therap*") OR ("jung* psychotherap*") OR ("klein* therap*") OR ("klein* psychotherap*") OR ("winnicott* therap*") OR ("winnicott* psychotherap*") OR ("object relations based therap*") OR ("object relations based psychotherap*") OR ("group therap*") OR ("group* technique*") OR ("group psychotherap*"))
# 1 TS=((child* NEAR/5 abuse*) OR (sex* NEAR/5 abuse*) OR (sex* NEAR/5 offenc*) OR (sex* NEAR/5 child*))

LILACS Last searched 9 May 2013 (previously searched November 2009 and 18 May 2012)

Search on : (( Tw abuse$ OR Tw incest$ OR Tw offenc$ OR Tw offens$ ) OR (Mh "sexualabuse of CHILD" OR Mh "sexual abuse, CHILD" OR Mh "CHILD abuse")) [Words] and (Twpsychoanaly$ OR Tw psychodynamic$ OR Tw psychotherap$ OR Mh "PSYCHOTHERAPY")[Words] and ((Pt randomized controlled trial OR Pt controlled clinical trial OR Mhrandomized controlled trials OR Mh random allocation OR Mh double‐blind method ORMh single‐blind method) AND NOT (Ct animal AND NOT (Ct human and Ct animal)) OR (Ptclinical trial OR Ex E05.318.760.535$ OR (Tw clin$ AND (Tw trial$ OR Tw ensa$ OR Twestud$ OR Tw experim$ OR Tw investiga$)) OR ((Tw singl$ OR Tw simple$ OR Tw doubl$OR Tw doble$ OR Tw duplo$ OR Tw trebl$ OR Tw trip$) AND (Tw blind$ OR Tw cego$ ORTw ciego$ OR Tw mask$ OR Tw mascar$)) OR Mh placebos OR Tw placebo$ OR (Twrandom$ OR Tw randon$ OR Tw casual$ OR Tw acaso$ OR Tw azar OR Tw aleator$) ORMh research design) AND NOT (Ct animal AND NOT (Ct human and Ct animal)) OR (Ctcomparative study OR Ex E05.337$ OR Mh follow‐up studies OR Mh prospective studies ORTw control$ OR Tw prospectiv$ OR Tw volunt$ OR Tw volunteer$) AND NOT (Ct animalAND NOT (Ct human and Ct animal))) [Words]

WorldCat (Theses/Dissertations) Last searched 9 May 2013 (previously searched 18 May 2012)

kw:(sex* abuse* + psychotherap*) | kw:(sex* abuse*+psychoanalys*) | kw:(sex* abuse* +
psychodynamic*)) + (random* | control*| rct| blind*| experiment*|evaluat*|compar*)

Format‐thesis/dissertation

ASSIA (CSA) 1987 to November 2009. Not available to authors or editorial base in 2012 and 2013

(((child* within 5 abuse*) or(sex* within 5 abuse*) or(incest*) or(sex* within 5 offen*) or(sex* within 5 child*) or(DE=("incest" or "father daughter incest" or "mother son incest")) or(DE="child sexual abuse")) and((psychoanalys*) or(psychodynamic*) or(child* within 3 analys*) or(psychotherap*) or((freud* therap*) or (Freud* psychotherap*)) or((jung* therap*) or (jung* psychotherap*)) or((klein* therap*) or (klein* psychotherap*)) or((winnicott* therap*) or (winnicott* psychotherap*)) or((object relations based therap*) or (object relations based psychotherap*)) or((group therap*) or (group technique*) or (group psychotherap*)) or(DE=("psychoanalytic theory" or "catharsis" or "cathexis" or "death instinct" or "electra complex" or "feminist psychoanalytic theory" or "interpersonal theories" or "intrapersonal theories" or "libido theory" or "oedipus complex" or "postoedipal transformations" or "superego" or "transitional objects")) or(DE=("psychoanalytic theory" or "catharsis" or "cathexis" or "death instinct" or "electra complex" or "feminist psychoanalytic theory" or "interpersonal theories" or "intrapersonal theories" or "libido theory" or "oedipus complex" or "postoedipal transformations" or "superego" or "transitional objects")) or(DE="psychoanalysis") or(DE=("psychotherapy" or "analytical psychotherapy" or "child analytical psychotherapy" or "art therapy" or "behaviour therapy" or "aversion therapy" or "cognitive behaviour therapy" or "covert sensitization" or "selfreevaluation therapy" or "stress inoculation training" or "verbal satiation" or "contingency contracts" or "habit reversal" or "implosive therapy" or "interruption prompting" or "stimulus control" or "subconscious retraining" or "behavioural psychotherapy" or "cognitive behavioural psychotherapy" or "bibliotherapy" or "brief therapy" or "solutions based brief therapy" or "child psychotherapy" or "posttraumatic child therapy" or "psychoanalytic child psychotherapy" or "cognitive psychotherapy" or "countertransference" or "couple therapy" or "systemic couple therapy" or "dialogical psychotherapy" or "drama therapy" or "duo therapy" or "existential psychotherapy" or "experiential psychotherapy" or "experimental psychotherapy" or "family therapy" or "behaviour family therapy" or "brief family therapy" or "cognitive behaviour family therapy" or "contextual therapy" or "developmental family therapy" or "family play therapy" or "medical family therapy" or "multiple family therapy groups" or "structural family therapy" or "systemic family therapy" or "feminist therapy" or "forensic psychotherapy" or "gestalt therapy" or "group psychotherapy" or "analytical group psychotherapy" or "sociotherapy groups" or "forensic group psychotherapy" or "psychodynamic group psychotherapy" or "individual psychotherapy" or "interpersonal psychotherapy" or "milieu therapy" or "mother infant psychotherapy" or "multimodal therapy" or "music therapy" or "primal therapy" or "psychoanalytic supportive psychotherapy" or "psychodrama" or "psychodynamic therapy" or "brief psychodynamic therapy" or "psychosynthesis" or "psychotherapeutic techniques" or "mirroring" or "rational emotive therapy" or "reality therapy" or "social economy therapy" or "supportive psychotherapy" or "therapeutic communities" or "transactional analysis" or "transference" or "self object transference" or "validation therapy"))) and((child* or girl* or boy* or schoolchild* or adolescen* or teen* or pre‐school* or preschool*) or(DE="adolescence") or(DE="preschool boys") or(DE="preschool girls") or(DE="preschool children") or(DE="children"))) and((random* or crossover* or placebo* or assign* or control* or trial* or blind*) or(DE=("randomized controlled trials" or "clinical randomized controlled trials" or "cluster randomized controlled trials" or "double blind randomized controlled trials" or "randomized consent design" or "single blind randomized controlled trials" or "urn randomization")))

mRCT Last searched 9 May 2013 (previously searched November 2009 and 18 May 2012)

(sex* abuse AND psychotherap*) OR (sex* abuse AND psychoanaly*)

WHO ICTRP Searched 10 May 2013. Not searched previously

sex abuse AND psychotherapy OR sex abuse AND psychoanalytic

ClinicalTrials.gov Searched 9 May 2013

Searched

Intervention psychotherapy OR psychoanalysis OR psychodynamic

Condition sex abuse

With Children selected