Letters to the editor

“The Effect of Single-Session Modified EMDR on Acute Stress Syndromes,” Kutz, Resnik, and Dekel (2008). As my long-suffering research professor drummed into me years ago, the most serious error that can be made in experimental research is to confuse a correlation with a cause: in the case of this study, the fact that recovery followed the use of EMDR does not mean that EMDR caused the recovery. The cause of recovery may have been the natural healing properties of the brain or myriad other factors. (Excerpt)

Journal

English

Rosemary Masters

Masters, R. (2009). Letters to the editor. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 3(1), 57. doi:10.1891/1933-3196.3.1.57