Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy in Adolescents With Panic Disorder: A Twelve-Week Follow-Up Study.

Autor: Inci Izmir SB; Department of Clinical Psychology, Institute on Social Science, Isık University, İstanbul, Turkey., Korkmazlar Ü; Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey., Ercan ES; Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Medical Faculty, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Clinical child psychology and psychiatry [Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry] 2024 Jul; Vol. 29 (3), pp. 966-981. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jun 16.
DOI: 10.1177/13591045231184757
Abstrakt: The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) treatment in adolescents with panic disorder (PD). This follow-up study consists of 30 adolescents with PD without agoraphobia, aged 14-17 (15.53 ± .97). They were evaluated with Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children Present, also the Panic and Agoraphobia Scale (PAS) and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) were administered at baseline, at the end of the 4th and 12th weeks of treatment. EMDR therapy which is an eight-phase treatment approach composed of standardized protocols and procedures was applied for 12 weeks, one session per week. The baseline mean of the total PAS score decreased from 40.06 to 13.13 at fourth week and 1.2 at the end of 12th week of treatment. In addition, BAI score decreased significantly from 33.67 to 13.83 at 4 weeks and 5.31 at the end of 12 th week of treatment. Overall, our results underscore the effectiveness of EMDR in adolescents with PD. Moreover, the current study suggests that EMDR may represent an effective intervention technique for PD in adolescents to protect against relapses and to overcome a fear of future attacks.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
Databáze: MEDLINE