Other Mental Health Professionals Archives

Rapid treatment of blood and injection phobias with eye movement desensitization (Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry)

Case study showing a 21-year-old woman with injection and blood phobias who was treated successfully using eye movement desensitization.

Commentary by Francine Shapiro addresses concerns she had over letters by Drs. Metter, Michelson and Hammond on their experiences using EMDR.

Single case history using eye movement desensitization to treat anxieties and body image problems resulting from operation scars.

Reviews that relate to the validity of the DES. A 2nd version of the DES, which is easier to score, is included as an appendix.

The first field report of the application of the Eye Movement Desensitization (EMD) procedure to the treatment of sexual dysfunctions.

Eye movement desensitization (EMD) and a control procedure–image confrontation (IC)–were compared in a group of 58 phobics.

The authors present a methodological critique of EMD with reference to assessment, treatment outcome, and treatment process.

A 1991 paper reporting on two early cases successfully treated with the eye movement desensitization procedure.

Case report of a rape, its symptoms, various unsuccessful attempts to treat it, and successful treatment by eye-movement desensitization.

This study aims to determine the effectiveness of the recently developed Eye Movement Desensitization (EMD) procedure on traumatic memories.

Emotions are represented by information structures in memory; anxiety occurs when information structure to escape/avoid danger is activated.

Describes experiments in which happy or sad moods were induced in Ss by hypnotic suggestion to investigate the influence of emotions.