Abstract: Traumatized people in hard-to-reach areas need treatment options that are scalable, efficacious, and easy to administer. The Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing–Integrative Group Treatment Protocol (EMDR group protocol) is a promising scalable trauma intervention. In this study, we tested the effectiveness of the EMDR group protocol ( Jarero & Artigas, 2017 ) among mental health workers who have been exposed to multiple traumatic experiences in Burundi to explore the effectiveness of the EMDR group protocol in a trauma-exposed population. We found that the treatment improved the participants’ post-trauma stress symptoms, but not dissociation symptoms. These results suggest that the EMDR group protocol has potential to be a scalable strategy for trauma intervention, especially among countries with fewer resources.
Champion et al. (Wed,) studied this question.