Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for treating psychological disturbances in Taiwanese adolescents who experienced Typhoon Morakot.
In this case-control study, we aimed to assess the intervention effects of four-session eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) on reducing the severity of disaster-related anxiety, general anxiety, and depressive symptoms in Taiwanese adolescents who experienced Typhoon Morakot. A total of 83 adolescents with posttraumatic stress disorder related to Typhoon Morakot, major depressive disorder, or current moderate or high suicide risk after experiencing Typhoon Morakot were allocated to a four-session course of EMDR (N = 41) or to treatment as usual (TAU; N = 42). A multivariate analysis of covariance was performed to examine the effects of EMDR in reducing the severity of disaster-related anxiety, general anxiety, and depressive symptoms in adolescents by using preintervention severity values as covariates. The multivariate analysis of covariance results indicated that the EMDR group exhibited significantly lower preintervention severity values of general anxiety and depression than did the TAU group. In addition, the preintervention severity value of disaster-related anxiety in the EMDR group was lower than that in the TAU group (p = 0.05). The results of this study support that EMDR could alleviate general anxiety and depressive symptoms and reduce disaster-related anxiety in adolescents experiencing major traumatic disasters.
['Tang|Tze-Chun|TC|', 'Yang|Pinchen|P|', 'Yen|Cheng-Fang|CF|', 'Liu|Tai-Ling|TL|']
D000293:Adolescent D001007:Anxiety D016022:Case-Control Studies D055867:Cyclonic Storms D003865:Depressive Disorder, Major D057169:Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing D005260:Female D006801:Humans D008297:Male D015999:Multivariate Analysis D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales D012307:Risk Factors D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic D013405:Suicide D013624:Taiwan
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing Adolescent Posttraumatic stress disorder Major depressive disorder