RCT Archives

Prolonged exposure versus eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) for PTSD rape victims (Journal of Traumatic Stress)

Efficacy of Prolonged Exposure and EMDR compared to a no-treatment waitlist control in the treatment of PTSD in adult female rape victims

Fourteen randomly assigned Iranian girls ages 12–13 years who had been sexually abused received up to 12 sessions of CBT or EMDR treatment.

Efficacy, speed, and incidence of symptom worsening for 3 treatments of PTSD: prolonged exposure, relaxation training, or EMDR.

Both EMDR and exposure plus cognitive restructuring are effective in the treatment of PTSD with only a slight advantage in favour of EMDR.

Effectiveness of Stress Inoculation Training with Prolonged Exposure (SITPE) compared to EMDR on 24 participants who had a diagnosis of PTSD.

We suggest that trauma contributes to conduct problems. EMDR was used as a trauma treatment for boys with conduct issues with good results.

This controlled study evaluated the effectiveness of brief intervention for disaster-related PTSD in children.

Both EMDR and prolonged exposure produced significant reduction in PTSD and depression symptoms, maintained at 3-month follow-up.

EMDR for panic disorder with agoraphobia (PDA) was compared with waiting list and credible attention-placebo control groups.

A randomized experimental evaluation found support for EMDR in reducing trauma among adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse.

Vietnam War veterans diagnosed with PTSD received a single session of exposure or EMDR focusing on their most distressing war experience.

The present research compared EMDR and a CBT variant for PTSD, via a controlled clinical study using therapists trained in both procedures.