Imagery Rescripting as stand-alone treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder related to childhood abuse

Raabe, Sandra; Ehring, Thomas; Marquenie, Loes A.; Olff, Miranda; Kindt, Merel

doi:10.1016/j.jbtep.2015.03.013

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“…It also claims that CSA has a causal relationship with an increased risk for certain mental and physical health problems in adulthood. The above research is supported and correlates with various other studies which report that survivors of childhood sexual abuse are at risk of depression, feelings of guilt, decrease in selfworth, apathy, a decrease in moral judgment, substance abuse and the development of mental disorders (Singh et al, 2014;Van Rensburg & Barnard, 2005;Raabe et al, 2015). According to Cambron, Gringeri and Vogel-Ferguson (2014) There appears to be a serious need, therefore, to devise a novel strategy to help survivors of sexual abuse to deal with the accompanying trauma.…”

Section: The Long-term Effects Of Sexual Abusesupporting

confidence: 77%

“…Research done by Raabe, Ehring, Marquenie, Olff and Kindt (2015) on the effectiveness of trauma-focused cognitive-behavioural therapies (CBTs), particularly those used in the case of prolonged exposure to childhood sexual abuse, found that these approaches are lagging behind. Their study also indicates that most clinicians are inclined to use stabilising treatments, seeing that the effectiveness of other treatments is still questionable (Raabe et al, 2015).…”

Section: Contributing Factors To This Deplorable Increase In Sexual Amentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Their study also indicates that most clinicians are inclined to use stabilising treatments, seeing that the effectiveness of other treatments is still questionable (Raabe et al, 2015).…”

Section: Contributing Factors To This Deplorable Increase In Sexual Amentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…In addition to the promising results of interventions that address other psychological impairments, such as depression (e.g., Wheatley et al, 2007), the use of mental imagery to address trauma memories has been found effective in the treatment of PTSD when standard exposure-based treatments fail (Grunert, Weis, Smucker & Christianson, 2007), and it has recently been proven effective as a standalone intervention for PTSD (Raabe, Ehring, Marquenie, Olff, & Kindt, 2015). Furthermore, a previous randomized controlled trial from our work group has shown that CRIM has large effects on PTSD symptoms when addressing the feeling of being contaminated with a comparably low number of treatment sessions (Jung & Steil, 2013).…”

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Cognitive restructuring and imagery modification for posttraumatic stress disorder (CRIM-PTSD): A pilot study

Müller‐Engelmann

Steil

2017

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

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“…More specifically, a recent study for adults with childhood abuse-related PTSD showed that ImRs decreased PTSD related symptoms, all of which were maintained or improved at follow-up assessment. In addition, the dropout was 20%, which could be considered low in comparison to other trauma-focused interventions [41]. …”

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Imagery rescripting and eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing for treatment of adults with childhood trauma-related post-traumatic stress disorder: IREM study design

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BackgroundPost-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that originates from childhood trauma experiences can develop into a chronic condition that has lasting effects on an individual’s functioning and quality of life. While there are evidence-based guidelines for treating adult onset PTSD, treatments for adults with childhood trauma-related PTSD (Ch-PTSD) are varied and subject to ongoing debate. This study will test the effectiveness of two trauma-focused treatments, imagery rescripting (ImRs) and eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) in participants with Ch-PTSD. Both have been found effective in treatment of adult PTSD or mixed onset PTSD and previous research indicates they are well-tolerated treatments. However, we know less about their effectiveness for treating Ch-PTSD or their underlying working mechanisms.MethodsIREM is an international multicentre randomised controlled trial involving seven sites across Australia, Germany and the Netherlands. We aim to recruit 142 participants (minimum of n = 20 per site), who will be randomly assigned to treatment condition. Assessments will be conducted before treatment until 1-year follow-up. Assessments before and after the waitlist will assess change in time only. The primary outcome measure is change in PTSD symptom severity from pre-treatment to 8-weeks post-treatment. Secondary outcome measures include change in severity of depression, anger, trauma-related cognitions, guilt, shame, dissociation and quality of life. Underlying mechanisms of treatment will be assessed on changes in vividness, valence and encapsulated belief of a worst trauma memory. Additional sub-studies will include qualitative investigation of treatment experiences from the participant and therapists’ perspective, changes in memory and the impact of treatment fidelity on outcome measures.DiscussionThe primary aims of this study are to compare the effectiveness of EMDR and ImRs in treating Ch-PTSD and to investigate the underlying working mechanisms of the two treatments. The large-scale international design will make a significant contribution to our understanding of how these treatments address the needs of individuals with Ch-PTSD and therefore, potentially improve their effectiveness.Trial registrationAustralian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12614000750684. Registered 16 July 2014.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12888-017-1330-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Imagery Rescripting as stand-alone treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder related to childhood abuse

Cited by 65 publications

References 42 publications

Improving the career resilience of a survivor of sexual abuse

Improving the career resilience of a survivor of sexual abuse

Cognitive restructuring and imagery modification for posttraumatic stress disorder (CRIM-PTSD): A pilot study

Imagery rescripting and eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing for treatment of adults with childhood trauma-related post-traumatic stress disorder: IREM study design

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