The EJPT Best Paper Award
This award recognises excellence in work published in the European Journal of Psychotraumatology in the preceding year.
The EJPT is a peer-reviewed open access interdisciplinary journal owned by the ESTSS. ESTSS members are eligible for discounted article processing charges.
Details of the nomination process will be sent to ESTSS members and posted on the ESTSS social media channels each year.
Past winners
2026
Sharing traumatic stress research data: assessing and reducing the risk of re-identification.
Kassam-Adams, N., Thompson, K., Sijbrandij, M., & Dyb, G. (2025).
2025
DNA methylation changes in association with trauma-focused psychotherapy efficacy in treatment-resistant depression patients: a prospective longitudinal study.
Carvalho Silva, R., Martini, P., Hohoff, C., Mattevi, S., Bortolomasi, M., Menesello, V., Gennarelli, M., Baune, B.T., & Minelli, A. (2024).
2024
Effectiveness of abbreviated trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy for South African adolescents: a randomized controlled trial.
Kaminer, D., Simmons, C., Seedat, S., Skavenski, S., Murray, L., Kidd, M., & Cohen, J. A. (2023).
2022
The ABCDE psychological first aid intervention decreases early PTSD symptoms but does not prevent it: results of a randomized-controlled trial.
Figueroa, R. A., Cortés, P. F., Marín, H., Vergés, A., Gillibrand, R., & Repetto, P. (2022).
2021
Effect of Prolonged Exposure, intensified Prolonged Exposure and STAIR+Prolonged Exposure in patients with PTSD related to childhood abuse: a randomized controlled trial.
Oprel, D. A. C., Hoeboer, C. M., Schoorl, M., Kleine, R. A. de, Cloitre, M., Wigard, I. G., van Minnen, A., & van der Does, W. (2021).
2020
The prevalence of common and stress-related mental health disorders in healthcare workers based in pandemic-affected hospitals: a rapid systematic review and meta-analysis.
Allan, S. M., Bealey, R., Birch, J., Cushing, T., Parke, S., Sergi, G., Bloomfield, M., & Meiser-Stedman, R. (2020).
2019
Effectiveness of an intensive treatment programme combining prolonged exposure and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for severe post-traumatic stress disorder.
Van Woudenberg, C., Voorendonk, E. M., Bongaerts, H., Zoet, H. A., Verhagen, M., Lee, C. W., van Minnen, A., & De Jongh, A. (2018).
2017
Does size really matter? A multisite study assessing the latent structure of the proposed ICD-11 and DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for PTSD.
Hansen, M., Hyland, P., Karstoft, K. I., Vaegter, H. B., Bramsen, R. H., Nielsen, A. B. S., Armour, C., Andersen, S. B., Høybye, M. T., Kongshøj Larsen, S., & Andersen, T. E. (2017).
The EJPT Top Reviewer Award
This award acknowledges the vital contribution of expert reviewers to the quality of European Journal of Psychotraumatology content in the preceding year.
