Research finding from local results of Mekong I Project in Thailand: Effectiveness of EMDR therapy for the unreached traumatized people
Description
Introduction:
The Mekong I project was a project for Capacity Building-EMDR Therapists in Thailand, Indonesia and Cambodia by Himpsi Jaya in Collaboration with terre des hommes und TraumaAID Germany. From 2010 - 2014, 39 EMDR therapists and 15 supervisors were trained, who were able to treat a total of 5055 patients. In Thailand, 953 clients, 412 adults and 266 child, were treated in this projects. In northeastern Thailand, there were 3 therapists trained in this projects and 83 clients were treated.
Objectives:
To study the efficacy, of trauma therapy among patients with psychiatric illness in who were treated in Mekong I project in northeastern Thailand.
Methods:
Cross-sectional descriptive study to see the effectiveness of the results of trauma therapy for the clients in Mekong I project who have the complete data. We assess the anxiety and depressive symptoms and trauma-related symptoms by using the Hopkins Symptom Checklist [HSCL-25] and the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire before and after the treatment.
Results:
64 adult clients were included in the research. Complete assessments were done for 25 patients and the HSCL-25 and HTQ scores decreased significantly after the therapy. The respective number of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing [EMDR] sessions was significantly correlated with the baseline HSCL-25 and HTQ scores and also correlated with overall improvement in HTQ scores and the cognitive symptoms subscale scores of HTQ.
Conclusion:
Trauma therapy, with and without EMDR sessions, is effective in reducing anxiety, and depressive and trauma-related symptoms in psychiatric patients in north-eastern Thailand.
The Mekong I project was a project for Capacity Building-EMDR Therapists in Thailand, Indonesia and Cambodia by Himpsi Jaya in Collaboration with terre des hommes und TraumaAID Germany. From 2010 - 2014, 39 EMDR therapists and 15 supervisors were trained, who were able to treat a total of 5055 patients. In Thailand, 953 clients, 412 adults and 266 child, were treated in this projects. In northeastern Thailand, there were 3 therapists trained in this projects and 83 clients were treated.
Objectives:
To study the efficacy, of trauma therapy among patients with psychiatric illness in who were treated in Mekong I project in northeastern Thailand.
Methods:
Cross-sectional descriptive study to see the effectiveness of the results of trauma therapy for the clients in Mekong I project who have the complete data. We assess the anxiety and depressive symptoms and trauma-related symptoms by using the Hopkins Symptom Checklist [HSCL-25] and the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire before and after the treatment.
Results:
64 adult clients were included in the research. Complete assessments were done for 25 patients and the HSCL-25 and HTQ scores decreased significantly after the therapy. The respective number of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing [EMDR] sessions was significantly correlated with the baseline HSCL-25 and HTQ scores and also correlated with overall improvement in HTQ scores and the cognitive symptoms subscale scores of HTQ.
Conclusion:
Trauma therapy, with and without EMDR sessions, is effective in reducing anxiety, and depressive and trauma-related symptoms in psychiatric patients in north-eastern Thailand.
Format
Conference
Language
English
Original Work Citation
Piyavhatkul, N. (2020, January). Research finding from local results of Mekong I Project in Thailand: Effectiveness of EMDR therapy for the unreached traumatized people. Paper presented at the 4th EMDR Asia International Conference, Bangkok, Thailand
Citation
“Research finding from local results of Mekong I Project in Thailand: Effectiveness of EMDR therapy for the unreached traumatized people,” Francine Shapiro Library, accessed May 5, 2024, https://francineshapirolibrary.omeka.net/items/show/26275.