How to heal their psychological wounds? Effectiveness of EMDR therapy on post-traumatic stress symptoms, mind-wandering and suicidal ideation in Iranian child abuse victims (Counselling and Psychotherapy Research)
Studies have shown that child abuse as a traumatic event can lead to symptoms of PTSD, mind-wandering and suicidal ideation in adulthood.
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Feasibility and potential effectiveness of an intensive trauma-focused treatment programme for families with PTSD and mild intellectual disability (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
EMDR therapy for persons with mild intellectual disabilities or borderline intellectual functioning with PTSD.
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The effects of PTSD treatment during pregnancy: Systematic review and case study (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
This paper assesses the effectiveness of treatment for symptoms of PTSD in pregnant women.
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Empirically supported psychological treatments: EMDR therapy (Oxford, 2020)
This chapter provides an overview of the current empirical support for EMDR therapy for PTSD.
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Empirically Supported Psychological Treatments: EMDR Therapy (Oxford Academic, 2020)
The scientific support for EMDR’s efficacy is reviewed in comparison with trauma-focused comparator, as well as its mechanism of action.
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Using recent traumatic episode protocol in college counseling centers (Journal of College Counseling)
This article explores using EMDR Recent Traumatic Episode Protocol will college students who lived though a mass shooting.
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What you need to know: Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy as a path to recovery for patients with substance use disorder (Journal of Addictions Nursing)
Adding EMDR therapy can allow for reprocessing traumatic memories that may trigger maladaptive coping strategies like misuse of substances.
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A FLASH OF HOPE: Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy (Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience)
The 8 fundamental processes of EMDR are illustrated through a composite case vignette and relevant research regarding its efficacy for PTSD.
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Trauma, treatment and Tetris: video gaming increases hippocampal volume in male patients with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience)
A neuroimaging study to assess Tetris in patients with existing PTSD or explored how playing Tetris may affect brain structure.
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A Systematic Review of Intensive Empirically Supported Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (Journal of Traumatic Stress)
A systematic review to summarize and integrate the literature on the impact of intensive treatments on PTSD symptoms.
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Involvement of the cerebellum in EMDR efficiency: a metabolic connectivity PET study in PTSD (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
The posterior cerebellum and its metabolic connectivity with the precuneus are involved in the clinical efficiency of EMDR in PTSD.
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Fast Feet Forward: Sports training and running practice to reduce stress and increase positive cognitions in unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors (Counselling & Psychology Research,)
This paper looks using running as bilateral stimulation (BLS) and findings of an unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors sport trauma group.
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