The triadic therapy based on somatic eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) for complex posttraumatic stress disorder (TSP) is a combination therapy, which comprises simplified EMDR, a triplet of micro-dose medicines, and a pair of Chinese medicines. The EMDR procedure is a tactile bilateral stimulation on the body surface with minimum verbal intervention within 15 minutes every two weeks in a period of 2–3 months. In this study, 22 adult patients were treated with TSP. The Impact of Event Scale—Revised, Beck Depression Inventory (second edition), and Global Assessment of Functioning scores of the patients were significantly improved. Moreover, TSP is a safe treatment procedure in terms of titration, cost-effectiveness, and time-effectiveness. It could also treat multiple difficulties in patients with cPTSD from medical problems to socioeconomic problems.
Date
September 1, 2023
Creator(s)
Keisuke Wakusawa, Toshiro Sugiyama, Hiroshi Hotta, Kohei Wada, Futoshi Suzuki, Takeshi Morimoto, Tomoko Shiino, Akemi Tomoda
Topics
PTSD/C-PTSD
Extent
12 pages
Publisher
Springer Publishing Company
Rights
Copyright © 2023 EMDR International Association
APA Citation
Wakusawa, K., Sugiyama, T., Hotta, H., Wada, K., Suzuki, F., Morimoto, T., Shiino, T., & Tomoda, A. (2023). Triadic Therapy Based on Somatic Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Study. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 17(3), 159–170. https://doi.org/10.1891/EMDR-2023-0014
Series
17
Installment
3
Audience
EMDR Therapists
Language
English
Content Type
RCT
Original Source
Journal of EMDR Practice and Research
Access Type
Members Only