American Psychiatric Association (2004). Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Acute Stress Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines. EMDR given the same status as CBT as an effective treatment for ameliorating symptoms of both acute and chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Bisson, J., & Andrew, M. (2007). Psychological treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD003388. DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD003388.pub3. Trauma focused cognitive behavioural therapy and eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing have the best evidence for efficacy at present and should be made available to PTSD sufferers.
Department of Veterans Affairs &
Department of Defense (2004). VA/DoD Clinical Practice
Guideline for the Management of Post-Traumatic Stress. Washington, DC.
http://www.oqp.med.va.gov/cpg/PTSD/PTSD_cpg/frameset.htm
EMDR was one of four therapies recommended and given the highest
level of evidence.
Foa, E.B., Keane, T.M., Friedman, M.J., & Cohen, J.A. (2009).
Effective treatments for PTSD: Practice Guidelines of the International
Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, New York: Guilford Press. EMDR was listed as an effective and empirically supported treatment
for PTSD, and was given an AHCPR “A” rating for adult PTSD. With regard to the application of EMDR to
children, an AHCPR rating of Level B was assigned.
SAMHSA's National Registry of
Evidence-based Programs and Practices (2011)
http://nrepp.samhsa.gov/ViewIntervention.aspx?id=199. The
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is an
agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
This national registry (NREPP) cites EMDR as evidence-based practice for
treatment of PTSD, anxiety and depression symptoms. Their review of the
evidence also indicated that EMDR leads to an improvement in mental
health functioning.
World Health Organization (2013)
Guidelines for the Management of Conditions Specifically Related to
Stress. Geneva, Switzerland.
Trauma-focused CBT and EMDR were the only psychotherapies
recommended for children, adolescents and adults with PTSD.
Sources:
http://www.emdr.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12&Itemid=18
http://www.emdrhap.org/emdr_info/researchandresources.php