A historic moment for EFT: 5 December 2018

For the first time in world history a government agency has officially recommended EFT as worthy of government research funds for trauma/PTSD.

We notified AAMET members and friends earlier this year about the mammoth, first time collaboration between AAMET, ACEP, EFT-Universe and also EFT- researcher Dr David Feinstein that brought about the robust and comprehensive stakeholder response that AAMET submitted to NICE (the UK government body responsible for determining medical and psychological treatments recommended for use in the UK NHS) via the consultation process in July 2018 for their Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) treatment guidance review.

Bottom line: EFT was not mentioned in the draft revised PTSD guidance issued in June 2018.  AAMET International coordinated a worldwide collaborative effort based around presentation of research evidence and examination of the evidence and arguments NICE had used in their draft materials in order to make the case for EFT to NICE.  The result:  EFT is nowmentioned in the final NICE PTSD Guideline (NG116) issued on 5 December 2018, on page 25 under “Other recommendations for research”.  You can download the Guideline here: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng116 and NICE’s response to the comments contained within our stakeholder response here: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng116/documents/consultation-comments-and-responses-2 and the reasoning behind NICE’s recommendation for EFT Research on pages 285 and 1286 of Evidence Review D, here: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng116/evidence (select and download Evidence Review D from the list of evidence reviews).

EFT is also mentioned on this page https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng116/chapter/Recommendations-for-research

What this means

This is the first time that EFT has been acknowledged in any UK government guideline, signifying that there is an initial and promising evidence base, worthy of government-funded further research.

What this doesn’t mean

At this point it would be damaging to EFT to say that the government has “approved EFT”. We do however now qualify for official government research funding. With the rate of EFT research published year on year and our continued persistence we expect moments like this to keep happening.

This is a real vindication of all the hard work by EFT researchers worldwide; well designed studies with rigorous methodologies are more important than ever before.

To hear the best of the best in current EFT research, come to the AAMET Research Symposium on 19th February 2019! Most of what is going to be presented is so recent, it is not yet in print, the only way to access this information is to be there. Come and join us for a packed agenda of noteworthy speakers and to celebrate this historical announcement from NICE!

Christmas has come early
We’ve been on the NICE list  🙂

With warmest sparkling celebratory wishes,
On behalf of your hardworking, rewarded and excited AAMET Exec and AAMET Research Teams