Occurrence and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder in an elderly patient after a traffic accident

In our present study, we report on the development of PTSD after a traffic accident and present the trauma-specific treatment with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Despite the controversy about its novelty and other competing trauma-specific treatment methods like CBT, EMDR seems to be an effective and efficient trauma-specific treatment method particularly for usage by pscyhodynamic oriented therapists.

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English

Markus Burgmer
Gereon Heuft

Burgmer, M., & Heuft, G. (2004, February). Occurrence and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder in an elderly patient after a traffic accident. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 19(2), 185-188. doi:10.1002/gps.1047