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Comparison of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Writing Therapy, and Wait-list in Pediatric Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Following Single-incident Trauma: a Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial

de Roos, C., van der Oord, S., Zijlstra, B., Lucassen, S., Perrin, S., Emmelkamp, P. and de Jongh, Ad (2017) Comparison of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Writing Therapy, and Wait-list in Pediatric Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Following Single-incident Trauma: a Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 58 (11). pp. 1219-1228. ISSN 1469-7610

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Abstract

Background: Practice guidelines for childhood posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) recommend trauma-focused psychotherapies, mainly cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is a brief trauma-focused, evidence-based treatment for PTSD in adults, but with few well-designed trials involving children and adolescents. Methods: Weconducted a single-blind, randomized trial with three arms (n = 103): EMDR (n = 43), Cognitive Behavior Writing Therapy (CBWT; n = 42), and wait-list (WL; n = 18). WL participants were randomly reallocated to CBWT or EMDR after 6 weeks; follow-ups were conducted at 3 and 12 months posttreatment. Participants were treatment-seeking youth (aged 8–18 years) with a DSM-IV diagnosis of PTSD (or subthreshold PTSD) tied to a single trauma, who received up to six sessions of EMDR or CBWT lasting maximally 45 min each. Results: Both treatments were well-tolerated and relative to WL yielded large, intent-to-treat effect sizes for the primary outcomes at posttreatment: PTSD symptoms (EMDR: d = 1.27; CBWT: d = 1.24). At posttreatment 92.5 of<br/>EMDR, and 90.2 of CBWT no longer met the diagnostic criteria for PTSD. All gains were maintained at follow-up. Compared to WL, small to large (range d = 0.39–1.03) intent-to-treat effect sizes were obtained at posttreatment for negative trauma-related appraisals, anxiety, depression, and behavior problems with these gains being maintained at follow-up. Gains were attained with significantly less therapist contact time for EMDR than CBWT (mean = 4.1 sessions/140 min vs. 5.4 sessions/227 min). Conclusions: EMDR and CBWT are brief, trauma-focused treatments that yielded equally large remission rates for PTSD and reductions in the severity of PTSD and comorbid difficulties in children and adolescents seeking treatment for PTSD tied to a single event. Further trials of both treatments with PTSD tied to multiple traumas are warranted.

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Uncontrolled Discrete Keywords: eye movement desensitization reprocesssing therapy (EMDR), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), randomized controlled trial, children and adolescents
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: College of Business, Psychology and Sport > School of Psychology
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Depositing User: Karol Kosinski
Date Deposited: 14 Jul 2017 14:22
Last Modified: 17 Jun 2020 17:18
URI: https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/id/eprint/5697

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