Other Mental Health Professionals Archives

EMDR and disordered eating with Dr. Kucharski (Notice That Podcast)

An interview in the Notice That Podcast with Dr. Lori Kucharski, a specialist with EMDR and eating disorders.

EMDR as treatment option for conditions other than PTSD: A systematic review (Frontiers in Psychology)

Systematic review of literature on EMDR for conditions other than PTSD. Positive effect found for addictions, mood disorders, anxiety, etc.

Predicting outcome in an intensive outpatient PTSD treatment program using daily measures (Journal of Clinical Medicine)

This study aims to determine the predictive value of treatment response on treatment outcome in intensive treatment programs in which patients receive three hours of trauma therapy (prolonged exposure and EMDR) as well as physical activity and psychoeduction.

Early intervention with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy to reduce the severity of post-traumatic stress symptoms in recent rape victims: A randomized controlled trial (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

This RCT shows that EMDR therapy 2-4 weeks post-rape was not more effective than treatment as usual for reducing symptoms of PTSD.

Treating posttraumatic stress disorder in substance use disorder patients with co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial to compare the effectiveness of different types and timings of treatment (BMC Psychiatry)

This study is the first to compare effects of Prolonged Exposure (PE), EMDR, and Imagery Rescripting (ImRs) in one study.

Postpartum early EMDR intervention (PERCEIVE) study for women after a traumatic birth experience: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (BMC Trials)

This study explores the preventive effects of early intervention EMDR therapy in women after a traumatic birth experience.

Effects of rhythmic eye movements during a virtual reality exposure paradigm for spider-phobic patients (Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice)

Efficacy of a virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) paradigm for phobic patients could be improved by adding rhythmic eye movements.

Virtual EMDR and telemental health play therapy (Routledge, 2021)

This chapter gives clinicians tools needed to bring EMDR play therapy online, in Play Therapy and Telemental Health.

A treatment-response comparison study of resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging between standard treatment of SSRI and standard treatment of SSRI plus non-dominant hand-writing task in patients with major depressive disorder (Frontiers in Psychiatry: Neuroimaging and Stimulation)

A non-dominant hand-writing exercise, developed with inspiration from EMDR , showed changes related with major depressive disorder treatment.

What do clients say about their experiences of EMDR in the research literature? A systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative research papers (European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation)

This systematic review aims to locate and assess the qualitative empirical research about clients’ experiences of EMDR.

Intensive trauma-focused therapy with victims of crime (European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation)

We conducted an open trial of trauma-focused intensive therapy featuring progressive counting (PC) and EMDR for 61 victims of crime.

Good vibrations: Bilateral tactile stimulation decreases startle magnitude during negative imagination and increases skin conductance response for positive imagination in an affective startle reflex paradigm (European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation)

Testing the physiological and psychological mechanisms of bilateral stimuli while recalling traumatic memories in healthy subjects.

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