Filippo Varese, William Sellwood, Daniel Pulford, Yvonne Awenat, Leanne Bird, Gita Bhutani, Lesley-Anne Carter, Linda Davies, Saadia Aseem, Claire Davis, Rebecca Hefferman-Clarke, Claire Hilton, Georgia Horne, David Keane, Robin Logie, Debra Malkin, Fiona Potter, David van den Berg, Shameem Zia, Richard P Bentall
BACKGROUND: Trauma is prevalent amongst early psychosis patients and associated with adverse outcomes. Past trials of trauma-focused therapy have focused on chronic patients with psychosis/schizophrenia and comorbid Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). We aimed to determine the feasibility of a large-scale randomized controlled trial (RCT) of an Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for psychosis (EMDRp) intervention for early psychosis service users. METHODS: A single-blind RCT comparing 16 sessions of EMDRp + TAU v...
October 26, 2023: Psychological Medicine