Citation

Posmontier B, Dovydaitis T, Lipman K. Health Care Women Int. 2010; 31(8): 755-768.

Affiliation

College of Nursing and Health Professions, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/07399331003725523

PMID

20623397

PMCID

PMC3125707

Abstract

Sexual violence, which affects one in three women worldwide, can result in significant psychiatric morbidity and suicide. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) offers health care providers the option of a brief psychiatric intervention that can result in psychiatric healing in as few as four sessions. Because health care providers often hear stories of sexual violence from their patients, they are in an ideal position to make recommendations for treatment. The purpose of this article is to introduce health care providers to the technique of EMDR, review safety and appropriateness, and discuss clinical and research implications.

Language: en