Emotional stabilization by EMDR after traumatic delivery. Pilot study
Year: 2021
Type: conference-paper
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: Emotional stabilization by EMDR after traumatic delivery. Pilot study.Dominique Merg-Essadi, Daria Druzhinenko, Anaïs Tourenne, Marie-Frédérique Bacqué.Introduction: EMDR therapy is successfully applied in treatment of posttraumatic stress disorders (Shapiro, 1989). Some recent researches provide promising results in pregnancy and post-partum anxiety treatment (Zolghar et al., 2019, Zimmerman, 2017, Chiorino et al, 2016, Baas et al., 2019).The delivery experience is painful and can damage psychological well-being of woman and her relationships with others, especially with the newborn. Each delivery is a stressful situation at least for the woman and her newborn. We use the term of “traumatic” delivery when the delivery is described in this way by the patient or when the accompanying staff is noticing some signs of traumatic stress that impede the patient to overcome the delivery experience and to build relationships with the baby, her environment or with her-self. Aim: using the first phase of EMDR procedure to pacify emotional state of women after a traumatic delivery experienceMethod: We used self-reporting as criterion of inclusion as well as criterion of efficacy of our intervention. Each woman was treated with EMDR therapy (first phase). The treatment was provided according to the request of help from each woman or accompanying staff. Sample: Women passed through traumatic delivery. N=15. 11 of patients were treated immediately after the delivery, 4 were seen some months later after the delivery. Results: According to self-reporting all the women improved their psychological well-being. Perspectives: New research project is under construction. We plan to compare the emotional well-being between two groups of women treated with and without EMDR therapy after traumatic delivery.
Source: HAL
Institution: Subjectivité, lien social et modernité
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7206962283