EMDR Therapy: Trauma Research

EMDR is recommended as an effective treatment for trauma. A position paper of the (Israeli) National Council for Mental Health: Guidelines for the assessment and professional intervention with terror victims in the hospital and in the community. Jerusalem, Israel. EMDR is one of three methods recommended for treatment of terror victims. According to a taskforce of the Clinical Division of the American Psychological Association, the only methods empirically supported (" probably efficacious ") for the treatment of any post-traumatic stress disorder population were EMDR, exposure therapy, and stress inoculation therapy. Note that this evaluation does not cover the last decade of research. EMDR and CBT were stated to be the treatments of choice. EMDR was placed in the category of the most effective PTSD psychotherapies. This " A " category is described as " A strong recommendation that clinicians provide the intervention to eligible patients. Good evidence was found that the intervention improves important health outcomes and concludes that benefits substantially outweigh harm. "