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Science and Research: 2017

PTSD and Complex PTSD: ICD-11 Updates on Concept and Measurement in the UK, USA, Germany and Lithuania

Filed Under: 2017, ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences), Bissoni, J I, Brewin, C R, Cloitre, M, Guidance Papers, Hyland, P, Karatzias, T, Kazlauskas, E, Maercker, A, Pilot Studies, PTSD & Trauma, Roberts, N P, Shevlin, M

Study found CPTSD more prevalent than PTSD. Only based on 4 countries. Limitations of the study include need for larger samples sizes, across more countries and cultural contexts to consider the cultural-bound factors in the two siblinig conditions. Cross referencing with International Trauma Interviewing (ITI)processes, also important to increase deepening of understanding of  the ITQ use and of  trauma-effects globally.

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Tapping Your Way to Success: Using Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) to Reduce Anxiety and Improve Communication Skills in Social Work Students

Filed Under: 2017, Anxiety, Boath, E H, Boughey, A J, Education, Good, R, Pilot Studies, Pitch, S, Stewart, T, Stress, Tsaroucha, A

Study using EFT to support Social Work students with the anxieties provoked by their work and which had been reported by students as affecting the performance. To address this anxiety, a pilot study was set up using Emotional Freedom Technique as the intervention to reduce academic anxiety and enhance public speaking. Subjective stress and anxiety were measured before and after the use of EFT. A 15 minutes lecture assignment was the subjective trigger event for the study.

Quantitative findings showed “significantly less subjective stress and anxiety after using EFT. Qualitative measures from post-experience interviews found themes of EFT work being calming, relaxing and helpful. Students also considered transferability of EFT and considered some mechanisms of EFT’s action.

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Supporting Chronic Disease Healthcare Through Remote Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Treatment and Self-care: An Evaluation Using the WHO Determinants of Health

Filed Under: 2017, Kalla, M, Research Reviews

Sixteen participants, including eight EFT practitioners and eight chronic disease patients, described their experiences of EFT in semi-structured interviews. Data was analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) methodology.

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Emotional Freedom Techniques to Treat Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Veterans: Review of the Evidence, Survey of Practitioners, and Proposed Clinical Guidelines

Filed Under: 2017, Boath, E H, Church, D, Clond, M, Feinstein, D, PTSD & Trauma, Research Reviews, Stern, S

Most practitioners (63%) reported that even complex PTSD can be remediated in 10 or fewer EFT sessions. Some 65% of practitioners found that more than 60% of PTSD clients are fully rehabilitated, and 89% stated that less than 10% of clients make little or no progress. Practitioners combined EFT with a wide variety of other approaches, especially cognitive therapy. Practitioner responses, evidence from the literature, and the results of a meta-analysis were aggregated into a proposed clinical guideline.

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The Effect of Emotional Freedom Techniques on Patients with Dental Anxiety: A Pilot Study

Filed Under: 2017, Anxiety, Freedom, J, Pilot Studies, Saleh, B, Tiscione, M

These data are consistent with previous EFT studies and a recent meta-analysis of EFT treatment for anxiety and phobias, and suggest that a very brief, one-session treatment of acupressure tapping can be effective in rapidly reducing dental anxiety.

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Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) as a Practice for Supporting Chronic Disease Healthcare: A Practitioners’ Perspective

Filed Under: 2017, Kalla, M, Robinson, A, Science Papers, Serious Disease, Simmons, M, Stapleton, P

The objective of the present study was to explore Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) practitioners’ experiences of using EFT to support chronic disease patients. This was part of a larger study exploring chronic disease patients’ and EFT practitioners’ experiences of using EFT to support chronic disease healthcare.

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Determining Highly Desirable Traits of an Effective Emotional Freedom Techniques Practitioner: A Delphi Study

Filed Under: 2017, Chatwin, H, Clinical Applications, Science Papers, Stapleton, P

This method is designed to achieve a consensus amongst skilled panelists when an accepted body of literature is lacking. A three-round modified Delphi approach was used and participants were skilled in delivering EFT as a practitioner

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The Effects of Access Bars on Anxiety and Depression: A Pilot Study

Filed Under: 2017, Access Bars, Anxiety, Depression, Hope, T, Pilot Studies

Access Bars, a noninvasive energy therapy technique, was evaluated for its effects on anxiety and depression using both subjective self-report and objective brain-scanning measures.

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Secondary Psychological Outcomes in a Controlled Trial of Emotional Freedom Techniques and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in the Treatment of Food Cravings

Filed Under: 2017, Bannatyne, A, Chatwin, H, Food Cravings, Obesity, Porter, B, Randomized Controlled Trials, Sheldon, T, Stapleton, P, Urzi, K-C, Weight Loss

This is the first controlled non-inferiority trial to examine the effectiveness of two psychological interventions: Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), in treating secondary psychological outcomes of obesity.

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Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Reduces Anxiety Among Women Undergoing Surgery

Filed Under: 2017, Anxiety, Aranha, D M S, Cutinho, S P, Science Papers, Thomas, R M

Anxiety is common in patients awaiting surgical procedures. It typically begins as soon as the procedure is planned and continues to the day of surgery. This study sought to evaluate the effectiveness of an evidence-based method called Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) for anxiety among women undergoing obstetric and gynecological (OBG) surgeries.

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A Randomized Controlled Comparison of Emotional Freedom Technique and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to Reduce Adolescent Anxiety: A Pilot Study

Filed Under: 2017, Gaesser, A H, Karan, O C, Pilot Studies, Randomized Controlled Trials

Results of this study are consistent with findings from previous research and a meta-analysis showing that EFT is an efficacious, evidence-based treatment for adolescent anxiety. Additionally, the results indicate that EFT can be effectively used in school settings to significantly reduce adolescent anxiety within a few sessions.

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