Eye therapy has it over antidepressant for PTSD
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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) may be a more efficacious treatment for patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) than antidepressant medication, new research suggests.
A small, randomized trial of male survivors of the ongoing war in Pakistan with clinically diagnosed PTSD found that after 6 weeks, 90% of those who received weekly EMDR therapy showed treatment response.
The EMDR group also had a significantly greater overall drop in symptom severity scores compared with those who received daily 20-mg doses of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) paroxetine. [Excerpt]
A small, randomized trial of male survivors of the ongoing war in Pakistan with clinically diagnosed PTSD found that after 6 weeks, 90% of those who received weekly EMDR therapy showed treatment response.
The EMDR group also had a significantly greater overall drop in symptom severity scores compared with those who received daily 20-mg doses of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) paroxetine. [Excerpt]
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English
Original Work Citation
Brauser, D. (2013, July, 11). Eye therapy has it over antidepressant for PTSD. Medscape Medical News. Retrieved from http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/807694 on 7/24/2014
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“Eye therapy has it over antidepressant for PTSD,” Francine Shapiro Legacy Library, accessed January 14, 2026, https://francineshapirolibrary.omeka.net/items/show/22140.