The effectiveness of treating a traffic accident trauma with EMDR after failed psychofarmalogical treatment - A case report

Car accident victims can suffer from an acute stress reaction and post-traumatic stress disorder. In the therapeutic method of desensitization and reprocessing with eye movements (Eye Movements Desensitizing Reprocessing - EMDR), trauma with a large "T" includes events that a person perceives as a life-threatening. These events are so saturated, stressful, that they can overcome our usual capacity to fight (Herman 1992). [Excerpt]

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English

Elvira Ališahović-Gelo
Mevludin Hasanović

Ališahović-Gelo, E., & Hasanović, M. (2021, February). The effectiveness of treating a traffic accident trauma with EMDR after failed psychofarmalogical treatment - A case report. Psychiatria Danubina, 33(Supplement 1), 88-90