Kognitive Verhaltenstherapie oder EMDR? Was ist bei Traumaschäden eher zu empfehlen? Eine vergleichende Wirksamkeitsanalyse
Abstract A total of 19 randomized controlled trials were included in a comprehensive comparative study on the effectiveness of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TBT) and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Thirteen of these trials treated patients with full PTSD without mandatory additional diagnoses. The comparisons, conducted across numerous dependent variables and in various subgroups, revealed no systematic differences in effectiveness at the required significance level of p < 0.01. Only for depression scores in the intention-to-treat analysis did data from three studies show a superiority for EMDR, while in the observed-case analysis during follow-up, the three studies using CBT with the classic prolonged exposure approach showed advantages for CBT. However, this does not imply superiority or preference for either method. Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy and eye movement desensitiz...