Post-traumatic stress disorder overcome by eye-movement desensitization: a case report.
Post-traumatic stress disorder is an exceptionally stressful syndrome that has been extremely difficult to treat. The prognosis was recently dramatically improved by the introduction of eye-movement desensitization. This paper reports, in substantial detail, a case that was precipitated by a rape 10 years earlier, describing its manifestations and various unsuccessful attempts to treat it; followed by a detailed exposition of the eventual, completely successful treatment by eye-movement desensitization.
Wolpe
J
J
Department of Psychology, Pepperdine University, Culver City, CA.
Abrams
J
J
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal; D003887:Desensitization, Psychologic / Q000379:methods*; D005133:Eye Movements; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D011902:Rape / Q000523:psychology*; D012438:Saccades; D012931:Social Environment; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*