Road accidents are a major public health problem, and as concerns psychiatry, particularly due to the development in some cases of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and in most cases a subsequent fear of driving (Brom, 1993).
JIDV 15 (Tome 5, numéro 3 - Juillet 2007)
Auteurs
(1)Psychologist(2)Psychiatrist Professor of Psychiatry
(3)Psychiatrist
Psychiatry Department and CNRS UMR 7593, Hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière, AP-HP,
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Abstract
Most studies evaluating the efficacy of Eyes Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy for various problems have focused on the importance of eye movements and largely ignored the fact that EMDR is an integrative therapeutic approach in which the cognitive approach plays a large part. The case study presented here includes an evaluation of the efficacy of EMDR, on various standardised evaluation scales, for a patient with driving phobia due to a traumatic event. The treatment of this patient was largely based on a cognitive approach (cognitive interweave) and the reprocessing of dysfunctional information according to the EMDR thérapy. The outcome one month after treatment was favourable, with the absence of phobic avoidance and a marked improvement in the patient's mood.
Keywords
EMDR, driving phobia, cognitive interweave, dysfunctional belief
