Other Mental Health Professionals Archives

Pilot research study: Utilizing the EMDR integrative group treatment protocol online to help parents with the stresses of having a special needs child (Springer, 2023)

Six parents of special needs children were given assessments before treatment, immediately after and one-month after EMDR treatment.

The effect of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing-based online group counseling for university students: Psychological need satisfaction, psychological resilience, psychological well-being, and small ‘t’ trauma (Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy)

This study highlights how trauma treatment like EMDR therapy can be useful for those without major trauma.

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Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing as add-on treatment to enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy for patients with anorexia nervosa reporting childhood maltreatment: A quasi-experimental multicenter study (European Eating Disorders Review)

This study reports reduced eating disorder (ED) symptoms and dissociative symptoms and improved outcomes for patients with anorexia nervosa and childhood maltreatment when EMDR therapy was added to enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT-E).

Psychological support for earthquake survivors in Turkey and Syria (Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock)

This article highlights the need for coordinated efforts of multiple organizations to help provide relief in the wake of environmental disasters, including mental health services like EMDR therapy.

A first exploration: Can eye movement desensitization and reprocessing improve cognition in older adults with posttraumatic stress disorder? (Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology)

This article examined EMDR treatment to improve cognitive performance for older adults with PTSD.

Feasibility and efficacy of addiction-focused eye movement desensitization reprocessing in adults with substance use disorder (Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work)

A two-arm RCT design with an experimental group (AF-EMDR + cognitive behavioral therapy [CBT]) and a control group (CBT Only).

Exploration of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in treating posttraumatic stress-disorder in patients with acquired brain injury: A retrospective case series (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

Clinical features, treatment characteristics, feasibility and efficacy of EMDR in adult acquired brain injury patients with PTSD.

Predicting optimal treatment outcomes in phase-based treatment and direct trauma-focused treatment among patients with posttraumatic stress disorder stemming from childhood abuse (Journal of Traumatic Stress)

This study examined efficacy of treatment, including EMDR therapy, for PTSD stemming from childhood abuse.

Therapist use of cognitive behavior therapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing components for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder in practice settings (Frontiers in Psychology)

This study surveyed therapists to examine use of EMDR and CBT for PTSD treatment to help determine best practices for implementation.

Provision of online eye movement and desensitization therapy (EMDR) for people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): A multi-method service evaluation (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

This article assesses how online Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) compared to in-person EMDR in people with PTSD.

The role of dissociation-related beliefs about memory in trauma-focused treatment (European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2023)

Patients with PTSD, dissociative symptoms, or dissociation-related beliefs about memory received individual prolonged exposure (PE) and EMDR.

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