South East Asia contains high numbers of traumatised populations from either natural disasters, direct and interpersonal violence. The region also contains a paucity of mental health provision which means addressing the global burden of psychological…
Cambodia and Myanmar are lacking of professionally trained therapists in trauma treatment. There are approximately thirty psychologists, psychiatrists and mental health practitioners in each country have been selected to participate in EMDR Training.…
Resource-oriented trauma therapy combined with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (ROTATE) is utilized for treating posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), co-morbid symptoms and impaired functioning. ROTATE was conducted in Cambodia through…
There is a need for effective, low-threshold psychotherapeutic treatments in post-conflict settings1. However, systematic outcome research on site is still extremely rare. To address this problem we integrated rigorous research procedures into a…
It is estimated that between 1.5 and 3 million Cambodians were killed between 1975-1979 as a result of the Khmer Rouge genocide. The victims were primarily highly educated individuals and their families, including government officials, doctors,…
Discouraged with conventional psychiatry, Bittner sought a practitioner of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. The process is "the most effective and rapid method for treating post-traumatic stress disorder and has been used extensively to…
On September 26th 2009 Typhoon Ketsana wrought devastation on parts of the Philippines, Vietnam and Cambodia. Mindful of the hard lessons learned running a tsunami trauma programme in Thailand in 2005/06 Jane Lopacka, an EMDR therapist and training…
