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Effective Treatment of Veterans With PTSD: Comparison Between Intensive Daily and Weekly EMDR Approaches

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Title
Effective Treatment of Veterans With PTSD: Comparison Between Intensive Daily and Weekly EMDR Approaches
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Frontiers in Psychology, August 2018
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01458
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E. C. Hurley

Abstract

The effectiveness of EMDR therapy in treating veterans diagnosed with PTSD was evaluated in this study using two treatment formats: intensive daily EMDR treatment provided twice a day during a 10-day period and a second format of one session each week. The study used archived outcome data previously collected and stored at Soldier Center. Both formats provided 18-20 treatment sessions of EMDR therapy to veterans diagnosed with PTSD that included dissociative exhibitions and moral injury issues. Questions addressed included: (1) does EMDR therapy administered twice daily ameliorate veterans' PTSD symptoms; (2) does EMDR therapy administered twice daily provide equivalent outcome results as EMDR therapy administered weekly for 18-20 sessions; and (3) does the treatment outcome persist. The effectiveness of the weekly treatment group was also evaluated. Both groups' results were assessed at pre-treatment, post-treatment and 1-year follow-up. The results indicated that both weekly treatment and intensive daily treatment groups produced statistically significant treatment effects (p < 0.001) that were maintained at 1-year follow-up. The10-day EMDR intensive daily treatment (EMDR therapy twice a day for 10 days) produced a similar outcome as to that of the weekly treatment with a 1-year follow-up. Results support the effectiveness of EMDR therapy when offered in both weekly treatment format as well as the intensive 10-day format on an outpatient basis. While recognizing the limitations of this study the results are significant to warrant additional research.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 114 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 16 14%
Student > Master 15 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 10 9%
Researcher 6 5%
Other 14 12%
Unknown 42 37%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 41 36%
Neuroscience 7 6%
Social Sciences 6 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 4%
Unspecified 3 3%
Other 8 7%
Unknown 45 39%
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