Bilateral Brain Stimulation in Trauma Therapy

Ciclo de Mutação40 enrolled

Overview

Comparatively studied the effects of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) bilateral brain stimulation in trauma therapy. A randomized, parallel, before-after, blind study was performed. Thirty nine subjects were randomly distributed to two groups: one session of EMDR psychotherapy standard and other with EMDR standard protocol without its typical brain bilateral stimulation. The results of the Beck scales for anxiety, depression and hopelessness and the impact of events test were compared between groups.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Intervention Study Handling (Psychology)

Interventions

EMDR standard protocolBEHAVIORAL

Patient have only one standard EMDR session about a traumatic situation remembered by him.

protocol without brain stimulationBEHAVIORAL

Patient have only one standard EMDR session about a traumatic situation remembered by him, however, without the bilateral brain stimulation.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Inclusion criteria for the study were to be a university student, over 18 years old, to have a complaint associated to a traumatic life event and to have accepted to participate of the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Exclusion criteria were the existence of untreated psychiatric disorders and the hypothesis of worsening of the subject's status as the number of sessions in this study was restricted to once.

Locations (1)

Ciclo de Mutação: Psychotherapy and Research

São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Impact of Events Test

Self-administered questionnaire to measure Impact of the traumatic event, which the patient have selected for this intervention

Time frame: Before and immediately after the psychotherapy session, which has average of 1:30 hours.

Beck scale for anxiety

Self-administered questionnaire to measure anxiety, in this case, when the patient are thinking about that specific traumatic event, which he or she selected for this intervention.

Time frame: Before and immediately after the psychotherapy session, which has average of 1:30 hours.

Secondary Outcomes

Change from baseline Beck scale for depression at the final of session

Self-administered questionnaire to measure depression, in this case, when the patient are thinking about that specific traumatic event, which he or she select for this intervention.

Time frame: Before and immediately after the conclusion of the session, which has average of 1:30 hours

Change from baseline Beck scale for hopelessness at the final of session

Self-administered questionnaire to measure hopelessness

Time frame: Before and immediately after the conclusion of the session, which has average of 1:30 hours

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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