title: Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in a child and an adolescent with mild to borderline intellectual disability: A multiple baseline across subjects study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study explored the effectiveness of eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in persons with mild to borderline intellectual disability (MBID) using a multiple baseline across subjects design.
  
  
  METHODS
  One child and one adolescent with MBID, who met diagnostic criteria for PTSD according to a PTSD clinical interview (i.e., ADIS-C PTSD section), adapted and validated for this target group, were offered four sessions of EMDR. PTSD symptoms were measured before, during and after EMDR, and at six weeks follow-up.
  
  
  RESULTS
  For both participants, number of PTSD symptoms decreased in response to treatment and both no longer met PTSD criteria at post-treatment. This result was maintained at 6-week follow-up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of this study add further support to the notion that EMDR can be an effective treatment for PTSD in children and adolescents with MBID. Replication of this study in larger samples and using a randomized controlled design is warranted.
authors.affiliation: Department Kinnik, Mental Health Organisation (MHO) GGZ Friesland, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Liesbeth
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5516-4040
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mevissen
authors.affiliation: Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Didden
authors.affiliation: Institute for Management Research, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Hubert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Korzilius
authors.affiliation: Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.|School of Health Sciences, Salford University, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: Ad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Jongh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D057169:Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: children and adolescents; eye movement desensitization and reprocessing; intellectual disabilities; post-traumatic stress disorder; trauma; treatment