Post traumatic stress disorder overcome by eye movement desensitization: A case report

Post-traumatic stress disorder is an exceptionally stressful syndrome that has been extremely difficult to treat. The prognosis was recently dramatically improved by the introduction of eye-movement desensitization. This paper reports, in substantial detail, a case that was precipitated by a rape 10 years earlier, describing its manifestations and various unsuccessful attempts to treat it; followed by a detailed exposition of the eventual, completely successful treatment by eye-movement desensitization.

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Joseph Wolpe
Janet Abrams

Wolpe, J., & Abrams, J. (2001, Aprile). Post traumatic stress disorder overcome by eye movement desensitization: A case report. Psicoterapia Cognitiva e Comportamentale, 7(1), 38. doi:10.1016/0005-7916(91)90032-Z