Re:Student Researchers

That is of course a very good point but McInally makes some good points too at a very factual level (concerning the amount of money being made out of EMDR) which I will also take into account in my critical review. The studies which I have come across (from unbiased sources such as Psychlit) seem to suggest that the evidence is rather move mixed than you suggest.

I could also create a 'positive' association on an emotional level,

"In these pages you will meet: a Vietnam vet, tortured for decades by flashbacks, who is able to pull his life together; young boy plagued with nightmares after gaining consciousness in the middle of surgery, who begins to sleep peacefully; a rape victim, paralyzed by her fear of leaving the house, who is able to put her trauma behind her; and many more."(quote from EMDR.com describing Dr Shapiro's book)

This to me sounds like very emotive language and I too think it would be far more useful to have an open, dispassionate discussion of standards for dissemination of new ideas without such rhetorical devices.

I think the real point being made is that "Well Established Treatments", are superior to "probably efficacious" methods and that other probably efficacious methods have not been 'hyped up' to the same extent as EMDR. If the hype is justified I am sure EMDR will withstand the criticism. I am personally not yet convinced.

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