TREATMENT GUIDELINES

EMDR therapy is listed as a treatment for PTSD and other trauma and stressor disorders by the following organizations. These treatment guidelines are based on reviews that evaluate research of established evidence-based mental health treatments.

World Health Organization(2013)
https://www.who.int/mental_health/emergencies/stress_guidelines/en/

Phoenix Australia – Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health(2013)
https://www.phoenixaustralia.org/resources/ptsd-guidelines/

International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies(2018)
https://store.samhsa.gov/product/TIP-57-Trauma-Informed-Care-in-Behavioral-Health-Services/SMA14-4816

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence(2018)
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng116

Department of Veterans Affairs & Department of Defense(2017)
https://www.healthquality.va.gov/guidelines/MH/ptsd/

The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(2013)
https://www.cochrane.org/CD003388/DEPRESSN_psychological-therapies-chronic-post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd-adults

American Psychiatric Association2004)
https://psychiatryonline.org/pb/assets/raw/sitewide/practice_guidelines/guidelines/acutestressdisorderptsd.pdf