NCT03086083

Bilateral Brain Stimulation in Trauma Therapy

Bilateral Brain Stimulation in Trauma Therapy: a Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ciclo de Mutação · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed description

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.

Conditions

• Intervention Study
• Handling (Psychology)

Interventions

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

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-10-21
• Primary completion: 2015-03-13
• Completion: 2015-08-28
• First posted: 2017-03-22
• Last updated: 2017-03-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil