Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in adults with serious mental illness within forensic and rehabilitation services: A study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (Trials)
EMDR for PTSD in people with serious mental illness in either forensic, mental health inpatient, or custodial settings.
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In the News: November 15, 2019
EMDRIA members and EMDR therapy are featured in various articles and interviews. Learn more in this edition of In the News.
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Effectiveness of trauma-focused treatment for adolescents with major depressive disorder (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
First study suggesting that EMDR therapy is associated with significant reduction of symptoms in adolescents with major depressive disorder.
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Active duty and ex-serving military personnel with post-traumatic stress disorder treated with psychological therapies: systematic review and meta-analysis (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
Review to determine which psychological therapies are efficacious in treating active duty and ex-serving military personnel with PTSD.
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Do early interventions prevent PTSD? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the safety and efficacy of early interventions after sexual assault (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
Findings suggest that early interventions can lead to durable effects on PTSD severity after sexual assault.
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Pretreatment cortisol predicts trauma-focused psychotherapy response in youth with (partial) posttraumatic stress disorder (Psychoneuroendocrinology)
The objective of the current study was to test whether cortisol prior to treatment would differ between treatment responders and non-responders and would positively predict the extent of clinical improvement in youth with (partial) PTSD.
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The efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in individuals diagnosed with either C-PTSD or PTSD (Northcentral University, 2019)
AIP research lacks a distinction in efficacy rates with C-PTSD compared to PTSD complicated by high failure & drop-out rates for C-PTSD.
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Dropout from psychological therapies for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults: systematic review and meta-analysis (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
Dropout rates from recommended psychological therapies for PTSD are high and this appears to be true of interventions with a trauma focus.
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Addiction as dissociation model (The Institute for Creative Mindfulness)
Regardless of your adopted stance on addiction this model of addiction as dissociation will likely be relevant to your practice.
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Too cautious or not cautious enough: Thoughts on the need for dissociation training for EMDR therapists (The Institute for Creative Mindfulness)
The author contends there are two opposite issues with EMDR therapists and dissociation: too cautious or not cautious enough.
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The predictive processing model of EMDR (Frontiers in Psychology)
This article describes the Predictive Processing model of EMDR, a proposed neurobiological mechanism/model that expands on the AIP model.
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Prise en charge du traumatisme psychique par la thérapie EMDR et mécanismes cérébraux impliqués (Revue de Neuropsychologie)
L’objectif de nos travaux était d’explorer le mécanisme d’action de la thérapie EMDR à travers différents paradigmes en EEG, TEP-scanner et IRMf, en comparant l’activité cérébrale avant et après traitement ou pendant les stimulations bilatérales alternées.
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