title: Prolonged Exposure versus Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for PTSD rape victims.
abstract: This controlled study evaluated the relative efficacy of Prolonged Exposure (PE) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) compared to a no-treatment wait-list control (WAIT) in the treatment of PTSD in adult female rape victims (n = 74). Improvement in PTSD as assessed by blind independent assessors, depression, dissociation, and state anxiety was significantly greater in both the PE and EMDR group than the WAIT group (n = 20 completers per group). PE and EMDR did not differ significantly for change from baseline to either posttreatment or 6-month follow-up measurement for any quantitative scale.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. brothba@emory.edu
authors.forename: Barbara Olasov
authors.initials: BO
authors.lastname: Rothbaum
authors.forename: Millie C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Astin
authors.forename: Fred
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marsteller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003887:Desensitization, Psychologic / Q000379:methods*; D005133:Eye Movements; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011902:Rape / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D016037:Single-Blind Method; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*