Early psychological preventive intervention for workplace violence: A randomized controlled explorative and comparative study between EMDR-Recent Event and Critical Incident Stress Debriefing

This RCT investigated the efficacy of an early psychological intervention called EMDR-RE compared to Critical Incident Stress Debriefing.

Article Abstract

“This randomized controlled trial study aims to investigate the efficacy of an early psychological intervention called EMDR-RE compared to Critical Incident Stress Debriefing on 60 victims of workplace violence, which were divided into three groups: ‘EMDR-RE’ (n = 19), ‘CISD’ (n = 23), and ‘delayed EMDR-RE’ (n = 18). EMDR-RE and CISD took place 48 hours after the event, whilst third intervention was delayed by an additional 48 hours. Results showed that after 3 months PCLS and SUDS scores were significantly lower with EMDR-RE and delayed EMDR-RE compared to CISD. After 48 hours and 3 months, none of the EMDR-RE-treated victims showed PTSD symptoms.”

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Tarquinio, C., Rotonda, C., Houlle, W., Montel S., Rydbery, J., et al. (2016). Early psychological preventive intervention for workplace violence: A randomized controlled explorative and comparative study between EMDR-Recent Event and Critical Incident Stress Debriefing. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 37(11), 787-799. https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840.2016.1224282

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“Issues in Mental Health Nursing is a refereed journal designed to expand psychiatric and mental health nursing knowledge.”

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