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Muss' Rewind treatment for trauma: description and multi-site pilot study
Shona Adams1,2, Steven Allan1
1a Clinical Psychology Unit, Department of Neuroscience , Psychology & Behaviour, University of Leicester , Leicester , UK and.
Journal of Mental Health (Abingdon, England)
|October 23, 2018
Summary
Rewind therapy significantly reduced posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in a preliminary study. Most participants no longer met the clinical threshold for PTSD after this brief trauma-focused treatment.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
- Trauma Studies
Background:
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating condition.
- Rewind is a brief trauma-focused imaginal exposure therapy.
- Limited evidence currently exists for Rewind's efficacy.
Purpose of the Study:
- To provide preliminary evidence for the effectiveness of Rewind in treating PTSD symptoms.
- To assess the impact of Rewind on individuals experiencing PTSD.
Main Methods:
- A practice-based pre-post treatment design was employed.
- Sixty-three participants with PTSD symptoms were treated with Rewind.
- The Impact of Events Scale (IES) was used for pre-treatment and two-week follow-up assessments.
Main Results:
- A high data capture rate of 95% was achieved.
- 87% of participants (55 individuals) fell below the IES clinical cut-off post-treatment.
- All participants with complete data demonstrated reliable improvement on the IES Reliable Change Index.
Conclusions:
- Rewind shows promise as a useful and potentially cost-effective treatment for PTSD symptoms.
- The therapy's effectiveness with newly trained therapists warrants further investigation.
- Methodological limitations highlight the need for a randomized controlled trial to confirm these findings.