K. Vaughan et al., A TRIAL OF EYE-MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION COMPARED TO IMAGE HABITUATIONTRAINING AND APPLIED MUSCLE-RELAXATION IN POSTTRAUMATIC-STRESS-DISORDER, Journal of behavior therapy and experimental psychiatry, 25(4), 1994, pp. 283-291
Thirty-six patients with PTSD were randomly allocated to individual tr
eatment with imaginal exposure (image habituation training - IHT), or
applied muscle relaxation (AMR) or eye movement desensitization (EMD).
Assessment by a blind independent rater and self-report instruments a
pplied pre and posttreatment and at 3-month follow-up indicated that a
ll groups improved significantly compared with a waiting list and that
treatment benefits were maintained at follow-up. Despite a failure to
demonstrate differences among groups, there was some suggestion that
immediately after treatment EMD was superior for intrusive memories.