EMDR didn’t do that: Inconsistent numeric findings in Gauhar (2016)

Gauhar (2016) reported a randomised controlled trial testing the efficacy of eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing as a treatment for depression. The effect sizes reported by Gauhar were remarkably large (e.g., d = 1.97 on the Beck Depression Inventory II). In this comment, I demonstrate that several of the statistics reported by Gauhar are inconsistent with the sample size and scale types she used. The findings in Gauhar (2016) should not be treated as credible by clinicians, meta-analysts, and other researchers.

Dissertation/Thesis

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Matt Williams

Williams, W. (2025, July). EMDR didn’t do that: Inconsistent numeric findings in Gauhar (2016). (Thesis, Massey University)