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Eye-Movement Desensitisation to Overcome Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

John Spector  and
Mark Huthwaite
John Spector*
Affiliation:
Shrodells Unit, Watford General Hospital, Vicarage Road, Watford WD18HB
Mark Huthwaite
Affiliation:
Shrodells Unit, Watford General Hospital, Vicarage Road, Watford WD18HB
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

A new treatment using a saccadic eye-movement desensitisation (EMD) procedure has recently been introduced to treat post-traumatic stress disorder, a disorder that has been difficult to treat in the past. The treatment is claimed to be very rapid and successful. This paper reports the treatment of a woman with post-traumatic stress disorder following a horrific road traffic accident using the EMD procedure.

British Journal of Psychiatry (1993), 163, 106–108

Type
Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 163 , Issue 1 , July 1993 , pp. 106 - 108
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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