title: [EMDR and psychopharmacological therapy in the treatment  of the post-traumatic stress disorder].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study evaluates the efficacy of two different treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): the psychopharmacological therapy, with a SSRI drug, and EMDR.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two indipendent groups have been administered two different treatments: the treatment with sertraline to the group for psychopharmacological therapy; the treatment with one-week sessions of EMDR to the other group. For the evaluation of the symptoms of PTSD has been used the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS). The inclusion of the subjects in the two groups has been absolutely random.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results confirm previous studies available in literature, pointing out the efficacy of EMDR and of sertraline in improving the post-traumatic symptomatology and the levels of subjective sufference. But the number of subjects which at the end of the study didn't satisfy any more the criteria for PTSD has been absolutely greater in the group treated with EMDR.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study confirms the hypothesis of EMDR as a more efficacious treatment for PTSD compared to psychopharmacological therapy. This result could be a stimolous for further research with greater groups to investigate also the long term efficacy.
authors.affiliation: raffaele_arnone@libero.it
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arnone
authors.forename: Ada
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Orrico
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: D'aquino
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Di Munzio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D057169:Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors