title: Imagery Rescripting as stand-alone treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder related to childhood abuse.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This case series tested the feasibility and explored the efficacy of Imagery Rescripting (ImRs) as a stand-alone treatment for PTSD related to childhood physical and/or sexual abuse (CA).
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants (6 women and 2 men) were patients with PTSD related to CA who entered an 8 week treatment program with 16 twice-weekly ImRs sessions. Blind assessments took place at pre- and post-treatment and at 3 month follow-up.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Participants showed improvement in both self-reported and clinician-rated PTSD symptoms. Gains were maintained at 3-month follow-up. At post-treatment, 50% of participants no longer met criteria for PTSD, and this number increased to 75% at 3 month follow-up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The main limitation is the small sample size and the selective nature of the sample, which limits the generalizability of the findings.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This pilot study suggests that Imagery Rescripting as stand-alone treatment is feasible and effective without prior stabilization in an outpatient population with CA-related PTSD. Further replication is needed in form of a randomized controlled trial.
authors.affiliation: University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: s.raabe@uva.nl.
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raabe
authors.affiliation: LMU, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ehring
authors.affiliation: Arkin, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Loes
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marquenie
authors.affiliation: Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Miranda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Olff
authors.affiliation: University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Merel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kindt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D054523:Adult Survivors of Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D019018:Imagery, Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Case series; Childhood sexual abuse; Imagery Rescripting; PTSD