EMDR Treatment in People with Mild ID and PTSD: 4 Cases

Although there is evidence to suggest that people with intellectual disabilities (ID) are likely to be more susceptible to the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) than persons in the general population, until now only eight case reports on the treatment of people with ID suffering fr...

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Published in:	Psychiatric quarterly Vol. 82; no. 1; pp. 43 - 57
Main Authors:	Mevissen, L., Lievegoed, R., de Jongh, A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Boston Springer US 01.03.2011 Springer Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Adult and adolescent clinical studies Anxiety disorders Anxiety disorders. Neuroses Biological and medical sciences Case reports Child Child & adolescent psychiatry Child clinical studies Complaints Developmental disorders Disabled people Evidence-based medicine Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing - methods Female Humans Intellectual deficiency Intellectual disabilities Intellectual Disability - complications Intellectual Disability - therapy Intellectually disabled people Male Medical diagnosis Medical sciences Medicine Medicine & Public Health Mental depression Mental health Middle Aged Original Paper People with disabilities Physical symptoms Post traumatic stress disorder Posttraumatic stress disorder Psychiatry Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Public Health Social skills Sociology Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - complications Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - therapy Suffering Symptoms Trauma Treatment Outcome Netherlands Posttraumatic stress disorder Intellectual disability Treatment Trauma EMDR Human Handicap Treatment efficiency Anxiety disorder Developmental disorder Mental retardation Stress Case study School age Young adult Intellectual deficiency Adult Feasibility Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing Child
ISSN:	0033-2720, 1573-6709, 1573-6709
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Summary:	Although there is evidence to suggest that people with intellectual disabilities (ID) are likely to be more susceptible to the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) than persons in the general population, until now only eight case reports on the treatment of people with ID suffering from PTSD symptoms have been published. In an effort to enrich the literature on this subject, the aim was to investigate the applicability of an evidence-based treatment for PTSD (i.e., EMDR) in four people with mild ID, suffering from PTSD following various kinds of trauma. In all cases PTSD symptoms decreased and the gains were maintained at 3 months to 2.5 year follow-up. In addition, depressive symptoms and physical complaints subsided, and social and adaptive skills improved. It is concluded that clients′ improvements converge to suggest the applicability of EMDR in people with mild ID. Difficulties involved in arriving at an accurate PTSD diagnosis in ID clients are discussed.
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ISSN:	0033-2720 1573-6709 1573-6709
DOI:	10.1007/s11126-010-9147-x