An open trial of EMDR as treatment for chronic PTSD.
In a prepilot study, eight adults with chronic PTSD underwent three 90-minute sessions of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) at one-week intervals in an open trial. None of the seven who completed treatment met criteria for current PTSD two months later. Significant decreases in measures of pathology and disturbance were recorded. A controlled trial of EMDR is under way.
Lazrove
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Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn., USA. Steven.lazrove@yale.edu
Triffleman
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Kite
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L
McGlashan
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Rounsaville
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B
D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003887:Desensitization, Psychologic; D005133:Eye Movements; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome