A controlled study of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) for boys with conduct problems (Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma)
We suggest that trauma contributes to conduct problems. EMDR was used as a trauma treatment for boys with conduct issues with good results.
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A peer support workshop for the treatment of traumatic stress of railroad personnel: Contributions of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) (Journal of Brief Therapy)
Explore how a peer support workshop and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) can help railroad workers cope with grief and trauma.
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A critical evaluation of current views regarding eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): Clarifying points of confusion (Journal of Clinical Psychology)
This article examines points of confusion in the literature on EMDR, including the theoretical, empirical, and historical issues around EMDR.
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The relationship between efficacy and methodology in studies investigating EMDR treatment of PTSD (Journal of Clinical Psychology)
Studies on the efficacy of EMDR in the treatment of PTSD have yielded a range of results. This study explored methodological differences.
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Is EMDR an exposure therapy? A review of trauma protocols (Journal of Clinical Psychology)
Possible reasons for the effectiveness of EMDR are discussed, including the nonexposure mechanisms utilized in information processing models.
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EMDR: A putative neurobiological mechanism of action (Journal of Clinical Psychology)
We propose that the repetitive redirecting of attention in EMDR induces a neurobiological state, similar to that of REM sleep.
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Brief-treatment for elementary school children with disaster-related PTSD: A field study (Journal of Clinical Psychology)
This controlled study evaluated the effectiveness of brief intervention for disaster-related PTSD in children.
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The relationship between efficacy and methodology in studies investigating EMDR treatment of PTSD (Journal of Clinical Psychology)
The authors conclude that methodological rigor reduces noise & error, allowing for the more accurate treatment effects in EMDR studies.
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Comparison of two treatments for traumatic stress: A community-based study of EMDR and prolonged exposure (Journal of Clinical Psychology)
Both EMDR and prolonged exposure produced significant reduction in PTSD and depression symptoms, maintained at 3-month follow-up.
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Light in the Heart of Darkness: EMDR and the Treatment of War and Terrorism Survivors (W. W. Norton, 2001)
Clinicians responding to psychological aftermath of man’s inhumanity to man—stories of school violence, refugees, soldiers, etc.—with EMDR.
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Effects of visuospatial tasks on desensitization to emotive memories (British Journal of Clinical Psychology)
Does relief of distress from competing visuospatial sketchpad tasks during imaginal exposure come at the cost of impaired desensitization?
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Eye movement desensitization reprocessing facilitates attentional orienting (Imagination, Cognition and Personality)
We propose that EMDR’s eye movements facilitate the orienting response, i.e., the attentional adjustment to unexpected stimuli.
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