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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is een nieuwe behandelingsmethode voor posttraumatische stress–stoornis en andere trauma–gerelateerde angstklachten. In essentie behelst EMDR het volgende: cliënten nemen een traumatische of aversieve herinnering in gedachten en voeren onderwijl oogbewegingen uit door de hand van de therapeut te volgen. Onder invloed van de oogbewegingen zouden negatieve herinneringen hun pathogene karakter verliezen en alsnog adequaat worden verwerkt. Na een beknopte uiteenzetting over de achtergrond van EMDR en de toepassing van deze techniek bij kinderen, wordt de procedure beschreven en toegelicht aan de hand van twee gevalsbeschrijvingen. Speciale aandacht gaat daarbij uit naar behandelingsaspecten die voor het gebruik van EMDR bij kinderen relevant kunnen zijn. EMDR lijkt een nuttige aanvulling op reeds beschikbare behandelingsvormen. Vooralsnog is een kritische houding echter geboden.
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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a new treatment method for post–traumatic stress disorder and other trauma–related anxiety complaints. The most essential feature of EMDR is that patients, in their imagination, expose themselves to a traumatic or aversive event, while simultaneously engaging in rhythmic lateral eye movements that are induced by the therapist. The idea is that through the eye movements, negative memories lose their pathogenetic character and will be assimilated. In this article, the background of EMDR and the treatment method are described. Special attention is given to a number of techniques and procedures which can be used in the EMDR treatment of children. As an illustration, two cases of children who were treated with EMDR are described. EMDR would seem to be a useful supplement to forms of treatment already available. However, for the time being, a critical stance should be taken.
Dr. P. Muris is experimenteel psycholoog en universitair docent aan de vakgroep Differentiële en Experimentele Psychologie van de Rijksuniversiteit Limburg.
Dr. A. de Jongh is als psycholoog en tandarts verbonden aan de vakgroep Sociale Tandheelkunde en Voorlichtingskunde van het Academisch Centrum Tandheelkunde Amsterdam.
Contactadres: Rijksuniversiteit Limburg, Vakgroep Differentiële en Experimentele Psychologie, Postbus 616, 6200 MD Maastricht.
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Muris, P., de Jongh, A. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. KIAD 17, 128–134 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03060628
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