Group early intervention eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy as a video-conference psychotherapy with frontline/emergency workers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder and moral injury-An RCT study.
Farrell D, Moran J, Zat Z, Miller PW, Knibbs L, Papanikolopoulos P, Prattos T, McGowan I, McLaughlin D, Barron I, Mattheß C, Kiernan MD. · Frontiers in Psychology · 2023 · Randomised controlled trial
Original publication · Original publication · Original publication
Recorded summary
Eighty-five participants completed a remotely delivered intensive group protocol; PTSD, anxiety and depression measures improved through six-month follow-up.
Recorded limitations
The authors call the findings tentative, and no treatment effect was found for moral injury.
Evidence and provenance
Chapter Trust Factor uses a minimum of three distinct qualifying studies. Publication records retain their own evidence and assessment.
Study design and assessment
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- rct-masking-unclear
- peer Reviewed
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- basis
- Randomized delayed-treatment study. The article describes therapists and participants as blinded, but the masking target and allocation masking are not sufficiently specified to establish a double-blind treatment comparison. Trauma non-disclosure to the therapist is a different issue.
- sources
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37063579/ · https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1129912
- reviewed At
- 2026-10-23
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- Randomized delayed-treatment study. The article describes therapists and participants as blinded, but the masking target and allocation masking are not sufficiently specified to establish a double-blind treatment comparison. Trauma non-disclosure to the therapist is a different issue.
- sources
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37063579/ · https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1129912
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- Existing publication-specific assessments and bibliographic indexing; no blanket full-text appraisal.
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- 2026-10-27
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- Group early intervention eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy as a video-conference psychotherapy with frontline/emergency workers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder and moral injury-An RCT study.
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- Farrell D, Moran J, Zat Z, Miller PW, Knibbs L, Papanikolopoulos P, Prattos T, McGowan I, McLaughlin D, Barron I, Mattheß C, Kiernan MD.
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- summary
- Eighty-five participants completed a remotely delivered intensive group protocol; PTSD, anxiety and depression measures improved through six-month follow-up.
- limitation
- The authors call the findings tentative, and no treatment effect was found for moral injury.
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- sources
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37063579/ · https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1129912
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- 2026-10-23
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37063579/ · https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1129912
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37063579/ · https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1129912
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37063579/ · https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1129912
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37063579/ · https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1129912
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Copyright © 2023 Farrell, Moran, Zat, Miller, Knibbs, Papanikolopoulos, Prattos, McGowan, McLaughlin, Barron, Mattheß and Kiernan. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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