Search 1—Meta-analyses or reviews
((Anxiety Disorders) OR PTSD) AND Veterans AND Drug therapies AND (Meta-analyses OR Reviews)
Search 2—Meta-analyses or reviews
(((Anxiety Disorders) OR PTSD) AND Veterans AND Psychotherapies AND (Meta-analyses OR Reviews))
Search 3—Clinical trials or epidemiological studies
((Anxiety Disorders) OR PTSD) AND Veterans AND Drug therapies AND (Clinical trials OR Epidemiological Studies)
Search 4—Clinical trials or epidemiological studies
((Anxiety Disorders) OR PTSD) AND Veterans AND Psychotherapies AND (Clinical trials OR Epidemiological Studies)
Search 5—Studies other than meta-analyses, reviews, clinical trials or epidemiological studies
(((Anxiety Disorders) OR PTSD) AND Veterans AND Drug therapies)
NOT (Results from Search 1 OR Search 3)
Search 6—Studies other than meta-analyses, reviews, clinical trials or epidemiological studies
(((Anxiety Disorders) OR PTSD) AND Veterans AND Psychotherapies)
NOT (Results from Search 2 OR Search 4)
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Appendix B
Search Strategy
Search 1—Meta-analyses or reviews
((Anxiety Disorders) OR PTSD) AND Veterans AND Drug therapies AND
(Meta-analyses OR Reviews)
Search 2—Meta-analyses or reviews
(((Anxiety Disorders) OR PTSD) AND Veterans AND Psychotherapies
AND (Meta-analyses OR Reviews))
Search 3—Clinical trials or epidemiological studies
((Anxiety Disorders) OR PTSD) AND Veterans AND Drug therapies AND
(Clinical trials OR Epidemiological Studies)
Search 4—Clinical trials or epidemiological studies
((Anxiety Disorders) OR PTSD) AND Veterans AND Psychotherapies AND
(Clinical trials OR Epidemiological Studies)
Search 5—Studies other than meta-analyses, reviews, clinical trials or epi-
demiological studies
(((Anxiety Disorders) OR PTSD) AND Veterans AND Drug therapies)
NOT (Results from Search 1 OR Search 3)
Search 6—Studies other than meta-analyses, reviews, clinical trials or epi-
demiological studies
(((Anxiety Disorders) OR PTSD) AND Veterans AND Psychotherapies)
NOT (Results from Search 2 OR Search 4)
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TREATMENT OF POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
Search 7—Treatment outcomes, prognosis, disease progression or
recovery
((Anxiety Disorders) OR PTSD) AND Veterans AND (Treatment
Outcomes)
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EACH SET EMPLOYED IN THE
SEARCHES OUTLINED ABOVE
All databases were searched via the OVID database gateway. OVID com-
mand-line syntax:
• Exp [explode] – automatically includes all narrower subject head-
ing from the thesaurus or controlled vocabulary for any given
database
• Forward slash [/] – forces OVID to search in the subject headings
or controlled vocabulary
• Adj – adjacency or proximity operator
• Pt=publication type; ti=title; ab=abstract ; sh=subject heading ;
fs=floating sub-heading ; dt=drug therapy sub-heading ; th=therapeutic
interventions other than drug therapies, subheading
Anxiety Disorders and Traumatic Stress Disorders Set
(exp Anxiety Disorder?/ or (anxiety disorder? or post-traumatic stress or
posttraumatic stress or PTSD).ti,ab. or combat experience/)) [NOTE: ex-
ploding (exp) Anxiety Disorders automatically includes all types of Trau-
matic Stress Disorders to include PTSD]
Veterans or Military Set
(veteran? or veterans, hospitals/ or military medicine/ or military psychia-
try/ or military personnel/ or exp War/ OR World War I/ or World War II/
or Korean War/ or vietnam conflict/ or Gulf War/ OR (army or navy or air
force or marines or soldier)
veterans/ or exp military phenomena/ or soldier/ or battle injury/)
Drug Therapies or Pharmacotherapies Set
(exp drug therapy/ or (drug therap$ or pharmacotherap$).ti,ab. or exp
serotonin uptake inhibitors/ or exp serotonin agents/ or (selective serotonin
reuptake inhibitors or SSRI?) OR exp Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors/ OR
MAOI? OR exp Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic/ OR ((TCA? and anti-
depress$) or anti depress$) OR exp Stress Disorders, Traumatic/dt or exp
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APPENDIX B
Anxiety Disorders/dt OR (exp stress disorders, traumatic/ and dt.fs.) OR
(exp Anxiety Disorders/ and dt.fs.) OR exp adrenergic antagonists/ OR exp
adrenergic uptake inhibitors/ OR Guanfacine/ OR guanfacine.ti,ab. OR exp
anti-anxiety agents/ or exp antipsychotic agents/ OR exp Anticonvulsants/
OR exp Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors/ or exp Tricyclic Antidepressant
Drugs/ or Adrenergic Blocking Drugs/ or exp neuroleptic Drugs/ or exp
Anticonvulsive Drugs/)
Psychotherapies Set
(exp psychotherapy/ or psychotherap$.ti,ab. OR exp Stress Disorders,
Traumatic/th or exp Anxiety Disorders/th OR (exp stress disorders, trau-
matic/ and th.fs.) or (exp Anxiety Disorders/ and th.fs.) OR exp Behavior
Therapy/ OR (cognit$ behav$ therapy or exposure therapy or cognitive
processing therapy or «biofeedback and relaxation training» or systematic
desensitization or assertiveness training or stress innoculation training) OR
psychodynamic psychotherapy OR («eye movement desensitization and
reprocessing» or EMDR) OR social rehabilitat$ therap$ OR exp psycho-
therapy, group/ OR family therapy/ or marital therapy/)
Reviews and Meta-Analyses Set
(systematic review$.ti,ab,sh,pt. OR systematic literature review$.ti,ab,sh.
OR meta-analysis.pt,ti,ab,sh. or (meta-analy$ or metaanaly$).ti,ab,sh. OR
((methodol$ OR systematic$ or quantitativ$) adj3 (review$ or overview$
or survey$)).ti,ab,sh. OR (Medline or Embase or Index Medicus).ti,ab,sh.
OR ((pool$ or combined or combining) adj (data or trials or studies or
results)).ti,ab. OR review literature/ or review.pt,sh.)
Clinical Trials or Epidemiological Studies Set
((randomized controlled trial or controlled trial).pt. OR randomized con-
trolled trials/ or controlled clinical trials/ OR random$.ti,ab. or Double-
blind method/ or Random allocation/ OR single blind method/ OR ((singl$
or doubl$ or trebl$ or tripl$) adj (blind$ or mask$)) OR clinical trial.pt.
OR clinical trials/ OR (clinical adj trial$).ti,ab. OR placebos/ OR placebo$.
ti,ab. OR research design/ OR Comparative Study/ or comparative stud$.
ti,ab. OR exp evaluation studies/ or follow-up studies/ or follow up.ti,ab.
or prospective studies/ OR (control$ or prospectiv$ or volunteer$).ti,ab.)
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TREATMENT OF POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
Prognosis, Recovery, Rehabilitation Set
(disease progression/ OR prognosis/ or disease-free survival/ or medical
futility/ or exp treatment outcome/ or treatment failure/ OR (recovery or
rehabilitat$).ti,ab. or rehabilitation/ OR “recovery (disorders)”/)