A controlled study of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disordered sexual assault victims

Autor:	B O, Rothbaum
Rok vydání:	1997
Předmět:	Adult Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic Treatment Outcome Eye Movements Rape Humans Female Single-Blind Method Prospective Studies Desensitization Psychologic Crime Victims Follow-Up Studies
Zdroj:	Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic. 61(3)
ISSN:	0025-9284
Popis:	Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a new method developed to treat posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This study evaluated the efficacy of EMDR compared to a no-treatment wait-list control in the treatment of PTSD in adult female sexual assault victims. Twenty-one subjects were entered, and 18 completed. Treatment was delivered in four weekly individual sessions. Assessments were conducted pre- and posttreatment and 3 months following treatment termination by an independent assessor kept blind to treatment condition. Measures included standard clinician- and self-administered PTSD and related psychopathology scales. Results indicated that subjects treated with EMDR improved significantly more on PTSD and depression from pre- to posttreatment than control subjects, leading to the conclusion that EMDR was effective in alleviating PTSD in this study.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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