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Human Givens Approach REWIND Technique
Mental Health Problems
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

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The Problem Submitted for ARIF to Advise Upon Reviews Identified Comments

WARNING
This is a brief summary of the evidence available at the time. Readers should not use the comments made in isolation and may wish to consult the references provided. Please be aware that new evidence may have become available since the request's completion in May 2007.

The Problem Submitted for ARIF to Advise Upon:

What is the effectiveness of the Human Givens approach applied to mental health care?

Human Givens suggests that mental ill-health arises from an individual’s inability to meet their emotional needs and that therapeutic attempts to supply the deficient needs will lead to improvement.

Reviews Identified

No systematic reviews identified.

Randomised Controlled Trials

No randomised controlled trials identified.

Other Evidence

Guy K, Guy N. The fast cure for phobia and trauma: evidence that it works. Human Givens 2003;9(4):31-35

Comments

We identified just one published evaluation of the effect of this new approach. It is a case-series of 30 patients treated with “REWIND” therapy who were assessed by a pre and post general well-being questionnaire rating well-being from 0-50. Well-being was claimed to improve from an average of 12 before treatment to 32 3-6 months after treatment.

Although this is an encouraging early evaluation, the results are highly susceptible to bias and confounding and the results should be interpreted extremely cautiously. Important questions remain about the unique features of this treatment and how the Human Givens approach is actually applied in practice. Considerable further evaluation would seem to be required before this is approach is offered routinely.

Request Carried Out: May 2007

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