1. [Evaluation study of clinical and neurobiological efficacy of EMDR in patients suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder].
- Author
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Bossini L, Casolaro I, Santarnecchi E, Caterini C, Koukouna D, Fernandez I, and Fagiolini A
- Subjects
- Adult, Female, Hippocampus anatomy & histology, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Organ Size, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic diagnosis, Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic therapy
- Abstract
Unlabelled: Strong evidences support use of EMDR in patients suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)., Aim: To evaluate clinical and neurobiological-structural efficacy of EMDR on drug-naïve PTSD without comorbidity., Materials and Methods: We made clinical evaluation and hippocampal volume measurement by MRI on 29 subjects suffering from PTSD and on 30 healthy control-subjects. Then, patients were treated with EMDR and after three months of psychotherapy the clinical evaluation and the MRI exam were replied., Results and Discussion: Our results demonstrated that the diagnosis of PTSD was no more possible on all the patients who terminated the psychotherapy (n=18). At the same time, all the patients showed an average increase of 6% in hippocampal volumes., Conclusions: Our reaserach suggests that EMDR treatment correlates not only with a significant improvement of symptoms of PTSD, but also with a significant increase of hippocampal volumes.
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- 2012
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