EMDR treatment of phobic symptoms in multiple personality disorder
Two multiple personality disorder patients with severe, persistent phobias were successfully treated using EMDR.
Article Abstract
“Two multiple personality disorder patients with severe, persistent phobias were treated using Eye Movement Desensitization/Reprocessing (EMDR). Both patients achieved significantly beneficial results with a single session in one patient and two sessions in another. Each patient confronted the previously phobic object successfully showing an objective measure of success and results were maintained at six months follow-up. Caution should be exercised from generalizing the use of EMDR for specific target symptoms to using it as a total treatment technique. Further research is needed to determine the efficacy of EMDR as a treatment procedure in general and its role in the overall treatment of dissociative conditions.”
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Article Access
Open Access
Young, W. C. (1994, June). EMDR treatment of phobic symptoms in multiple personality disorder. Dissociation, 7(2), 129-133. Open access: http://hdl.handle.net/1794/1555
Date
June 1, 1994
Creator(s)
Walter C. Young
Topics
Anxiety/Panic/Phobias, Dissociation, Personality Disorders
Extent
5 pages
Publisher
Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation
APA Citation
Young, W. C. (1994, June). EMDR treatment of phobic symptoms in multiple personality disorder. Dissociation, 7(2), 129-133. Open access: http://hdl.handle.net/1794/1555
Audience
EMDR Therapists, Other Mental Health Professionals
Language
English
Content Type
Article, Peer-Reviewed
Access Type
External Resource, Open Access