Guidelines for the Treatment of PTSD Using Clinical EFT.
Excerpt from Research Paper: PTSD Effects in the Military The military and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) The Iraq occupation cost the Americans as citizens and as a government more than was foreseen hence brought more harm than immediate good to the U.S.A.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) EMDR is a therapy that has a little similarity with EFT but has been established longer and has a very well-established evidence-base as a therapy for the treatment of trauma and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). It is recommended as a treatment in the NICE guideline for PTSD.
So thought field therapy, which was a precursor to EFT and certainly still being investigated in research trials has had a meta analysis investigated for PTSD, or post-traumatic stress disorder. They actually looked at five studies that had been through an intervention for PTSD sufferers, but using thought field therapy, so the other tapping technique.
Research Paper on EFT and Phobias “Evaluation of a Meridian-Based Intervention, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), for Reducing Specific Phobias of Small Animals”, by Steve Wells, Kathryn Polglase, Henry B. Andrews, Patricia Carrington, and A. Harvey Baker.
Post traumatic stress disorder may take place as a result of a person’s reaction to life-threatening or other upsetting circumstances. Why it occurs and how it occurs is the theme of this study. Many disorders mimic a variety of symptoms and unless the diagnosis is made by an expert, or at least by someone thoroughly trained in disorders, confusion may at times result.
Not only did this replicated study have the same findings as the first, it was also consistent with a meta-analysis (where researchers look at and analyze many studies on the same topic) that found EFT an effective treatment for PTSD in very short periods of time, and with only 4-6 treatment sessions.
Its main purpose is to develop more efficient treatment, which would be good for different individuals (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder). Conclusion. Post-traumatic stress disorder is the mental disorder, which occurs after a person has experienced a dangerous or extremely distressing event.