A new technique for treating post-traumatic stress disorder.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms are notoriously difficult to treat. The need for a simple, easily reproducible technique, that could inactivate the repetitive intrusive imagery of the traumatic event, prompted the trial of a technique originally devised for phobias. Nineteen members of the West Midlands Police Force, who qualified as PTSD sufferers, were offered the 're-wind' technique. On average only three therapeutic sessions were required per patient. During a two-year follow-up, all victims remained free of intrusive images and resumed their occupations. It is hoped that such a consistently rapid and effective technique will open the way for more victims to be treated and for controlled trials to be facilitated.
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Birmingham Nuffield Hospital, UK.
D001244:Association; D004190:Disasters; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011939:Mental Recall; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012926:Social Control, Formal; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D013404:Suggestion