Postpartum early EMDR intervention (PERCEIVE) study for women after a traumatic birth experience: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (BMC Trials)

This study explores the preventive effects of early intervention EMDR therapy in women after a traumatic birth experience.

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Effects of rhythmic eye movements during a virtual reality exposure paradigm for spider-phobic patients (Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice)

Efficacy of a virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) paradigm for phobic patients could be improved by adding rhythmic eye movements.

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Virtual EMDR and telemental health play therapy (Routledge, 2021)

This chapter gives clinicians tools needed to bring EMDR play therapy online, in Play Therapy and Telemental Health.

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A treatment-response comparison study of resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging between standard treatment of SSRI and standard treatment of SSRI plus non-dominant hand-writing task in patients with major depressive disorder (Frontiers in Psychiatry: Neuroimaging and Stimulation)

A non-dominant hand-writing exercise, developed with inspiration from EMDR , showed changes related with major depressive disorder treatment.

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What do clients say about their experiences of EMDR in the research literature? A systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative research papers (European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation)

This systematic review aims to locate and assess the qualitative empirical research about clients’ experiences of EMDR.

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Inclusive negative and positive cognitions and emotions list

This resource includes a list of inclusive terms related to emotions, positive and negative cognitions to be used with EMDR therapy clients.

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Intensive trauma-focused therapy with victims of crime (European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation)

We conducted an open trial of trauma-focused intensive therapy featuring progressive counting (PC) and EMDR for 61 victims of crime.

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Good vibrations: Bilateral tactile stimulation decreases startle magnitude during negative imagination and increases skin conductance response for positive imagination in an affective startle reflex paradigm (European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation)

Testing the physiological and psychological mechanisms of bilateral stimuli while recalling traumatic memories in healthy subjects.

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Positive side effects in trauma-focusing PTSD treatment: Reduction of attendant symptoms and enhancement of affective and structural regulation (Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy)

Trauma-focusing treatments such as EMDR are highly effective in reducing the core symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

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Australian guidelines for the prevention and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: Updates in the third edition (Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry)

Australian guidelines for the prevention and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: Updates in the third edition This paper describes the development of the third…

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The effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing toward adults with major depressive disorder: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (Frontiers in Psychiatry)

A systematic search was carried out for RCT comparing EMDR with a control condition group in major depressive disorder patients.

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Coronavirus Disease 2019 Emergency and Remote Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Group Therapy With Adolescents and Young Adults: Overcoming Lockdown With the Butterfly Hug (Frontiers in Psychology)

This study measured stress in adolescents following a trauma-focused EMDR psychotherapeutic group intervention done remotely during COVID-19.

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