## Abstract Recent practice guidelines and meta‐analyses have designated eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) as a first‐line treatment for trauma. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing is an eight‐phase therapeutic approach guided by an information‐processing model that add
Treatment of Vietnam war veterans with PTSD: A comparison of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, biofeedback, and relaxation training
✍ Scribed by Steven M. Silver; Alvin Brooks; Jeanne Obenchain
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 293 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0894-9867
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✦ Synopsis
Analyses of scaled self-report data from Vietnam War veterans receiving inpatient treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder drawn during a program evaluation study suggested inpatient treatment as provided by the program resulted in significant improvement in the areas of Anxiety, Anges Depression, Isolation, Intrusive Thoughts (of combat experiences), Flashbacks, Nightmares (of combat experiences), and Relationship Problems. Comparing the relative effects of the incremental addition of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Relaration Training, and Biofeedback found that EMDR was for most problems the most effective extra treatment, greatly increasing the positive impact of the treatment program.
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