“…Concerning early post-rape intervention, no RCTs using EMDR therapy have been conducted to date. However, in recent years, several RCTs have found early EMDR therapy to be more efficacious in reducing posttraumatic stress symptoms than delayed treatment in victims of earthquakes (Jarero, Artigas, & Luber, 2011), missile attacks (Shapiro & Laub, 2015;Shapiro, Laub, & Rosenblat, 2018), workplace violence (Tarquinio et al, 2016), and traumatised first responders (Jarero, Amaya, Givaudan, & Miranda, 2013). In these studies, the control groups received treatment within one month after the intervention group.…”