Open Access<p>The Effect of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) on the severity of suicidal thoughts in patients with major depressive disorder: a randomized controlled trial</p>
Author(s) -
Zhila Fereidouni,
Mohammad Behnammoghadam,
Abdolhadi Jahanfar,
Azizallah Dehghan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
neuropsychiatric disease and treatment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2021
pISSN - 1176-6328
DOI - 10.2147/ndt.s210757
Subject(s) - eye movement desensitization and reprocessing , medicine , depression (economics) , suicidal ideation , randomized controlled trial , major depressive disorder , clinical psychology , psychiatry , poison control , injury prevention , posttraumatic stress , emergency medicine , mood , economics , macroeconomics
Depression is a major risk factor for suicide and more than 90% of people who attempt suicide suffer from depression. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy on the severity of suicidal thoughts in patients with major depressive disorder.