Research article summary (published 30 Aug 2002):

Treatment of PTSD: stress inoculation training with prolonged exposure compared to EMDR.

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The effectiveness of Stress Inoculation Training with Prolonged Exposure (SITPE) was compared to Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Twenty-four participants who had a diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) were randomly assigned to one of the treatment conditions. Participants were also their own wait-list control. Outcome measures included self-report and observer-rated measures of PTSD, and self-report measures of depression. On global PTSD measures, there were no significant differences between the treatments at the end of therapy. However on the subscale measures of the degree of intrusion symptoms, EMDR did significantly better than SITPE. At follow-up EMDR was found to lead to greater gains on all measures. Copyright 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Author information

Author/s: Lee, Christopher (C); Gavriel, Helen (H); Drummond, Peter (P); Richards, Jeff (J); Greenwald, Ricky (R);

Affiliation: Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, QEII Medical Centre, Perth, Australia. chlee(-atsign-)central.murdoch.edu.au

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Clinical Trial; Comparative Study; Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal: Journal of clinical psychology (J Clin Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Sep; vol 58 (issue 9) : pp 1071-89

Dates: Created 2002/09/04; Completed 2002/10/09; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 12209866, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00)

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Adult Desensitization, Psychologic Eye Movements - physiology Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Male Observer Variation

Observer Variation Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Severity of Illness Index Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - diagnosis; epidemiology; therapy Stress, Psychological - prevention & control; psychology Teaching Time Factors Treatment Outcome

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