The investigating of effectiveness of training relaxation without tension along with biofeedback and EMDR on war veterans with PTSD

Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of relaxation training without tension along with Biofeedback and EMDR on war veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Methods: In this research 20 war veterans with PTSD were selected availability sampling and divided into 3 groups of: Relaxation Training without tension along with Biofeedback (n=7), EMDR (n=7) and control group (n=6). After that, experimental groups was attended in treatment sessions while control group didn't attend in any treatment session. Result: experimental groups has been found to be effective on PTSD among Iranian war veterans but there was no significance difference between two treatment method.

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S. Toghchi

Toghchi, S. (2008, July). The investigating of effectiveness of training relaxation without tension along with biofeedback and EMDR on war veterans with PTSD. Presentation at the International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany