Treatment of vietnam war veterans with PTSD: A comparison of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, biofeedback, and relaxation training

Treating Combat-Related Stress Disorders: A Multiple Case Study Utilizing Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) With Battlefield Casualties From the Iraqi War

“…Wilson, Becker, & Tinker, 1995, 1997 and 12 sessions for multipletrauma victims (e.g., Carlson et al, 1998;Marcus et al, 1997Marcus et al, , 2004Silver et al, 1995). Studies of Vietnam War veterans using only 2 sessions (e.g., Boudewyns, Stwertka, Hyer, Albrecht, & Sperr, 1993;Jensen, 1994) or treating one memory (e.g., Boudewyns & Hyer, 1996;Pitman et al, 1996) have indicated a substantial reduction in SUDS level in relation to the memory.…”

“…However, pronounced symptom reduction can often be achieved by a more limited application of the procedures (e.g., Scheck, Schaeffer, & Gillette, 1998;Shapiro, 1989Shapiro, , 2001. Where fidelity of treatment was high, specific studies have found EMDR with combat veterans to be highly effective (Carlson et al, 1998;Silver et al, 1995), and clinically developed procedures for war and terrorism-related PTSD have appeared .…”

“…These evaluations include both controlled research and case studies of combat veterans (e.g., Carlson, Chemtob, Rusnak, Hedlund, & Muraoka, 1998;Lipke & Botkin, 1993;Pitman et al, 1996;Silver, Brooks, & Obenchain, 1995). Based on accumulated research, EMDR has been positively recommended in the treatment guidelines by the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (Chemtob, Tolin, van der Kolk, & Pitman, 2000), the U.S. DVA/DoD (2004), the American Psychiatric Association (2004), and the Israeli National Council for Mental Health (Bleich, Kotler, Kutz, & Shalev, 2002).…”

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) as Treatment for Combat-Related PTSD: A Meta-Analysis

“…In two articles (Silver, Brooks, & Obenchain, 1995;Macklin et al, 2000) insufficient data were presented to calculate effect sizes, and one article (Wada, 2000) was written in Japanese and was therefore excluded. Authors of these studies were contacted in order to receive additional data, but no response was obtained.…”

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Treatment of Nightmares: A Case Report

“…Specific research that merits a Level C recommendation for EMDR therapy and cited in Aurora et al's (2010) article are based on two Level 4 studies by Raboni, Tufik, and Suchecki (2006) and Silver, Brooks, and Obenchain (1995). Raboni et al's study reported on seven subjects who had nightmares and PTSD symptoms for at least 3 months after being assaulted or kidnapped.…”