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EMDR treatment for children with PTSD: Results of a randomized controlled trial
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The objective of the study was to examine the efficacy of EMDR treatment for children with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) compared with untreated children in a waiting list control group (WLC) participating in a randomized controlled superiority trial (RCT). Thirty-three 6-16-year-old children with a DSM-IV diagnosis of PTSD were randomly assigned to eight weekly EMDR sessions or the WLC group. The Posttraumatic Stress Symptom Scale for Children (PTSS-C scale) was used in interviews with children to evaluate their symptoms and outcome. Post-treatment scores of the EMDR group were significantly lower than the WLC indicating improvement in total PTSS-C scores, PTSD-related symptom scale, and the subscales re-experiencing and avoidance among subjects in the EMDR group, while untreated children improved in PTSD-non-related symptom scale. The improvement in re-experiencing symptoms proved to be the most significant between-group difference over time. The results of the present exploratory study including a limited number of children with PTSD are encouraging and warrant further controlled studies of larger samples of children suffering from PTSD.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Ahmad, A., Larsson, B., & Sundelin-Wahlsten, V.
- Affiliations
- Uppsala University Hospital (SE)
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
- Corresponding author
- Ahmad, Abdulbaghi
- ORCID
- Ahmad, Abdulbaghi
- Venue
- Nordic Journal of Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2007-01
- Volume
- 61
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 349-354
- ISSN
- 0029-1455 (ISSN-L)
- 0803-9488
- 1502-4725
- OpenAlex
- W2155637285
- Cited by
- 135
- References
- 43
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- FWCI
- 6.16
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Update notices
- correction (2017-04-17)
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Nordic Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
- Keywords
- EMDR, post-traumatic stress disorder, children, pediatric PTSD, treatment efficacy, re-experiencing symptoms, avoidance symptoms, waitlist control
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Age Factors, Ambulatory Care, Child, Psychology, Child, Desensitization, Psychologic, Eye Movements, Female, Humans, Life Change Events, Male, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Surveys and Questionnaires, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Waiting Lists, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
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