Trauma-focused therapies for PTSD have considerable non response and dropout rates. Intensive treatment leads to symptom reduction and therefore motivation to complete treatment. Treatment at a 5-day intensive inpatient program. At 21 days post-treatment, 2 of 11 no longer met criteria for PTSD on PCL-5 and 9 out of 11 completed treatment and had significant symptom reduction. No serious adverse events reported.

Compared EMDR for veterans - 1 weekly session for 18-20 wks vs 2 daily sessions over 10 days (20 days total). Veterans who had dissociative symptoms, moral injury issues. Results looked at pre treatment, post treatment, and 1 year follow up post treatment completion. Both groups maintained results 1 year post treatment - so intensive treatment is very effective and takes much less time! Did not compare effectiveness of 20 intensive hrs vs. 20 non intensive hours, just overall maintenance of results from each group

 Complex PTSD and intensives - when increasing frequency of treatment, PTSD symptoms significantly improve. 7 participants, 4 female. Treatment not preceded by prep phase. Model was - 2x4 consecutive days, with 3 days off in between. 90 min EMDR AM, 90 min EMDR PM, also including physical activity and psychoeducation between 90 min sessions. 4 out of 7 lost PTSD diagnosis.

Effectiveness of the EMDR-integrative group treatment protocol for ongoing traumatic stress (EMDR-IGTP-OTS) in reducing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety symptoms in adolescent refugees. A total of 48 Eritrean refugee adolescents were treated simultaneously with intensive EMDR therapy using the EMDR-IGTP- OTS. Each of the treatment group participants received an average of five hours of treatment, provided during six group-treatment sessions, over two consecutive days in a setting inside the refugee camp. EMDR- IGTP-OTS treatment focused only on the distressing memories related to their life as refugees and did not address any other memories. No adverse effects were reported during treatment or at one-month post-treatment assessment. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL5) were used as pre and post-treatment assessments measuring each client’s anxiety, depression, and PTSD symptoms, respectively. Statistical analysis showed a statistically significant difference between pre-test and post-test in PTSD symptoms, depression symptoms pre-test (M=9.31, SD=3.71) and post-test, and in anxiety symptoms pre-test and post-test.

 "PTSD-patients were treated using an intensive eight-day treatment program, combining Prolonged Exposure (PE) and EMDR therapy. Forty-four patients received a PE session in the morning and an EMDR session in the afternoon, while 62 patients received the reversed sequence (EMDR followed by PE). Outcome measures were PTSD symptom severity and subjective experiences.

 Conducted an open trial of trauma-focused intensive therapy featuring progressive counting (PC) and EMDR) for 61 multiply-traumatized treatment-seeking victims of crime. Results showed strong participant retention as well as significant improvement at two weeks and 12 weeks post-treatment, with large to very large effect sizes on all outcomes, including posttraumatic stress and related symptoms, severity of primary presenting problems, quality of life, and overall stability and level of functioning. Outcomes were similar for PC and EMDR. The mean treatment time was 30.73 hours, or a little less than a week, enabling participants to quickly move on with their lives. Intensive trauma-focused psychotherapy may represent an important advance in the delivery of psychotherapy.