• DOI:10.1097/NMD.0b013e31827f6351
Corpus ID: 901286

Psychological Trauma Symptom Improvement in Veterans Using Emotional Freedom Techniques: A Randomized Controlled Trial

@article{Church2013PsychologicalTS,
  title={Psychological Trauma Symptom Improvement in Veterans Using Emotional Freedom Techniques: A Randomized Controlled Trial},
  author={D. Church and C. Hawk and A. Brooks and Olli Toukolehto and M. Wren and Ingrid Dinter and P. Stein},
  journal={The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease},
  year={2013},
  volume={201},
  pages={153–160}
}

D. Church, C. Hawk, +4 authors P. Stein

Published 2013

Medicine, Psychology

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Abstract This study examined the effect of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), a brief exposure therapy combining cognitive and somatic elements, on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and psychological distress symptoms in veterans receiving mental health services. Veterans meeting the clinical criteria for PTSD were randomized to EFT (n = 30) or standard of care wait list (SOC/WL; n = 29). The EFT intervention consisted of 6-hour–long EFT coaching sessions concurrent with standard care. The… CONTINUE READING

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