A controlled comparison of the effectiveness and efficiency of two psychological therapies for posttraumatic stress disorder: Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing vs. emotional freedom techniques

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 372-378

  Karatzias, Thanos ^a   Power, Kevin ^b,c   Brown, Keith ^d,e   McGoldrick, Theresa ^d   Begum, Millia ^d   Young, Jenny ^d   Loughran, Paul ^d   Chouliara, Zoë ^f   Adams, Sally ^b  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS TAYSIDE   (United Kingdom)

^d Behavioural Psychotherapy Service   (United Kingdom)

^e NHS FORTH VALLEY   (United Kingdom)

^f NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

emotional freedom techniques; eye movement desensitization and reprocessing; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICIAN ADMINISTERED POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

ADULT; EMOTIONS; EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION REPROCESSING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIND-BODY THERAPIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958142629     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31821cd262     Document Type: Article

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