The posttraumatic growth path: An emerging model for prevention and treatment of trauma-related behavioral health conditions (Journal of Psychotherapy Integration)
Treatments reviewed for efficacy: prolonged exposure therapy, cognitive processing therapy & eye movement desensitization and reprocessing.
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EMDR: Eye movements superior to beeps in taxing working memory and reducing vividness of recollections (Behaviour Research and Therapy)
Study compares auditory and eye movement BLS, supports a working memory account of EMDR, and suggests that the effects of beeps on negative memories are inferior to those of eye movements.
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Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR): Mental health-substance use (Radcliffe, 2011)
This chapter explores using EMDR for mental health-substance use in an edited volume on the theory/application of a variety of techniques.
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The efficacy and psychophysiological correlates of dual-attention tasks in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) (Journal of Anxiety Disorder)
Findings indicate that eye movements in EMDR are beneficial & distinct psychophysiological changes may aid in processing negative memories.
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Autobiographical memories become less vivid and emotional after eye movements (British Journal of Clinical Psychology)
After eye movements, but not after the other interventions, negative memories became less negative & positive memories became less positive.
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Horizontal rhythmical eye-movements consistently diminish the arousal provoked by auditory stimuli (British Journal of Clinical Psychology)
Testing if orienting reflex is an explanatory mechanism in EMDR and whether EMDR effects are due to a distraction effect.
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The impact of taxing working memory on negative and positive memories (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
This study examined the impact of taxing working memory on negative and positive memories.
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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in addiction continuing care: A phenomenological study of women in recovery (Psychology of Addictive Behaviors)
Ten women participated in a semistandardized interview to share their experiences with active addiction, treatment, EMDR therapy, & recovery.
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The feeling-state theory of impulse-control disorder and the impulse-control disorder protocol (Traumatology)
A case study using EMDR-derived technique to address impulse-control disorders and positive feelings linked with behaviors.
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EMDR treatment in people with mild ID and PTSD: 4 cases (Psychiatric Quarterly)
Investigating the applicability of EMDR in four people with mild intellectual disabilities suffering from PTSD following various traumas.
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Use of EMDR in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorders: A case series (Verhaltenstherapie)
EMDR is presented as an additional method for addressing obsessive-compulsive disorders, along with cognitive behavioural therapy.
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A meta-analytic review of prolonged exposure for posttraumatic stress disorder (Clinical Psychology Review)
Study showing no significant difference between prolonged exposure and other active treatments (CPT, EMDR, CT, and SIT).
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