Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in a child and an adolescent with mild to borderline intellectual disability: A multiple baseline across subjects study (Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities)
Study results support EMDR as an effective treatment for PTSD in children and adolescents with mild to borderline intellectual disability.
Read MoreEffectiveness of EMDR in patients with substance use disorder and comorbid PTSD: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (BMC Psychiatry)
This study aims to expand the knowledge about the effectiveness of EMDR in patients with substance use disorder and comorbid PTSD.
Read MoreEye movement during retrieval of emotional autobiographical memories (Acta Psychologica)
This study assessed whether specific eye movement patterns are observed during emotional autobiographical retrieval.
Read MoreClinical practice guideline for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults (American Psychological Association)
Guideline for the treatment of PTSD published by the American Psychological Association.
Read MoreThe OptiMUM-study: EMDR therapy in pregnant women with posttraumatic stress disorder after previous childbirth and pregnant women with fear of childbirth: design of a multicentre randomized controlled trial (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
This study is the first RCT studying efficacy and safety of EMDR in pregnant women with PTSD after childbirth or Fear of Childbirth.
Read MoreEye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy (EMDR) (Springer, 2017)
This chapter describes eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) as a trauma psychotherapy approach for children & adolescents.
Read MoreEMDR in anorexia nervosa: From a theoretical framework to the treatment guidelines (InTech, 2017)
Results suggest that EMDR allows an active reprocessing of traumatic memories related to family dynamics and to eating behaviors.
Read MoreA case of Asperger syndrome with comorbidity of posttraumatic stress disorder and selective mutism: Significant remission with the combination of aripiprazole and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology)
Letter to the editors regarding selective mutism, Asperger’s, comorbidity, challenges in diagnosis and EMDR therapy.
Read MoreMorphovolumetric changes after EMDR treatment in drug-naïve PTSD patients (Rivista Di Psichiatria)
We administered the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) and conducted brain MRI measurements (with Optimized Voxel-Based Morphometry).
Read MoreRestoration of emotional control ability in PTSD following symptom amelioration by EMDR therapy (European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation)
How the ability to control for emotional responses is altered in PTSD and it can be restored after EMDR treatment suppressing core symptoms.
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