Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy in subsyndromal bipolar patients with a history of traumatic events: a randomized, controlled pilot-study
Autor: | Isabel Fernandez, Joaquim Radua, Victor Vicens, Francisca Garcia, Ramon Landin-Romero, Francine Shapiro, Benedikt L. Amann, Peter J. McKenna, Edith Pomarol-Clotet, Patricia Novo |
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Rok vydání: | 2013 |
Předmět: |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Bipolar Disorder Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing medicine.medical_treatment Pilot Projects Disease Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic Intervention (counseling) Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing medicine Humans Bipolar disorder Psychiatry Biological Psychiatry Eye movement Middle Aged medicine.disease Desensitization (psychology) Clinical trial Psychiatry and Mental health Mood Treatment Outcome Physical therapy Female Psychology |
Zdroj: | Psychiatry research. 219(1) |
ISSN: | 1872-7123 |
Popis: | Traumatic events are frequent in bipolar patients and can worsen the course of the disease. Psychotherapeutic interventions for these events have not been studied so far. Twenty DSM-IV bipolar I and II patients with subsyndromal mood symptoms and a history of traumatic events were randomly assigned to Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy (n¼10) or treatment as usual (n¼10). The treatment group received between 14 and 18 Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing sessions during 12 weeks. Evaluations of affective symptoms, symptoms of trauma and trauma impact were carried out by a blind rater at baseline, 2 weeks, 5 weeks, 8 weeks, 12 weeks and at 24 weeks follow-up. Patients in the treatment group showed a statistically significant improvement in depressive and hypomanic symptoms, symptoms of trauma and trauma impact compared to the treatment as usual group after intervention. This effect was only partly maintained in trauma impact at the 24 weeks follow-up visit. One patient dropped from Eye Movement Desensitization and Reproces- sing group whereas four from the treatment as usual group. This pilot study suggests that Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy may be an effective and safe intervention to treat subsyn- dromal mood and trauma symptoms in traumatized bipolar patients. |
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