The University of Jeddah in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, through reviewing the results of research and scientific studies, has come up with an effective treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder cases, through modern therapy called "desensitization and reprocessing by eye movements".
Dr. Arij Al –mahdhar, associate professor of therapeutic psychology at the University of Jeddah, the author of the study, explained that the research deals with a type of treatment that helps alleviate the symptoms of many other accompanying mental disorders, usually the study is the first Arab systematic scientific review documented in the Saudi digital library on trauma treatment by desensitization and eye movement reprocessing "EMDR".
"The study highlights the latest research findings on the effectiveness and effectiveness of desensitization therapy and eye movement reprocessing in alleviating painful and traumatic symptoms in individuals' Lives, Where post-traumatic stress disorder usually comes as a result of exposure to a very painful event or events, which paralyzes the ability of the individual's mind to integrate his emotional and emotional responses with the experience he lived,"she said.
She pointed out that the results of many studies have shown the effectiveness and safety of using "EMDR" treatment in various forms with these medical categories, it is useful that the effect of its use is effective even if it is combined with other types of psychotherapy, previous psychotherapeutic protocols, drug treatments or various medical interventions, where the results always confirm its superiority.
Dr. Al-mahdhar explained that the treatment relieves the sensation of pain, improves sleep problems, adjusts mood, alleviates sad and traumatic memories, repeated suicide attempts, improves the symptoms of anxiety and depression associated with and alleviates the degree of fear in pregnant women, those exposed to birth trauma, patients with tumors of all kinds, rheumatoid patients, and patients with chronic fibromyalgia.
It is noteworthy that the second prominent trend in the research of "EMDR" is an attempt to prove its high effectiveness in the treatment of patients with general depression and to emphasize the importance of making it a primary treatment for this category and not an alternative treatment or supportive therapy, and in the third Direction emerged through the systematic review of previous research and studies is laboratory experimental research that examines either the results of positron brain images, or magnetic resonance images.