Editorial comment:  Online eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder

The development of online EMDR therapy makes it more convenient to obtain psychotherapy and can greatly reduce the treatment cost and patient time. Online EMDR therapy is more readily accessible, and even patients in remote areas with poor medical resources can be treated at a lower cost. This is important for achieving an equitable allocation of medical resources. Currently, however, there are no randomized controlled clinical trials with a high level of evidence regarding the benefits of online EMDR therapy for PTSD patients. Moreover, there is still no uniform standard for the duration of online EMDR treatment, the time of each treatment, and how to ensure the safety of patients during treatment. In the future, it will be necessary to carry out randomized controlled clinical trials of online EMDR therapy in PTSD patients to address these unknowns [Excerpt].

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Yuping Wang
Xianbin Li

Wang Y., & Li, X. (2024). Editorial comment:  Online eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. Alpha Psychiatry, 25(1), 113-114.  doi:10.5152/alphapsychiatry.2024.231411