Treating Trauma with EMDR: Healing from Our Nightmares
Treating Trauma with EMDR: Healing from Our Nightmares This video from NICABM features an interview with Francine Shapiro, Ph.D. describing EMDR therapy to treat…
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Psychological and pharmacological treatments for adults with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (Comparative Effectiveness Review)
Psychological & pharmacological treatments with evidence of efficacy: CPT, CBT, EMDR, narrative exposure, fluoxetine, sertraline, etc.
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Guidelines for the management of conditions specifically related to stress (World Health Organization)
International guidance for the management of conditions related to the occurrence of a major stressful event.
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Assessment and management of conditions specifically related to stress: mhGAP intervention guide module (World Health Organization and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)
WHO and UNHCR international assessment module for guiding treatment of conditions specifically related to stress.
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Bilateral saccadic eye movements and tactile stimulation, but not auditory stimulation, enhance memory retrieval (Brain and Cognition)
Discussion of alternating bilateral activation of the left & right hemispheres and its effects on memory connectivity between the hemispheres.
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Treatment of sexual trauma dissolves contamination fear: Case report (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
Case report of patient treated with paroxetine, EMDR, and exposure and response prevention (ERP) techniques for PTSD and OCD.
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The PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) – Standard (National Center for PTSD)
The PCL-5 is a 20-item self-report measure that assesses the 20 DSM-5 symptoms of PTSD for a preliminary diagnosis.
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The Life Events Checklist for DSM-5 (LEC-5) (National Center for PTSD)
A self-report measure designed to screen for 16 potentially traumatic events in a respondent’s lifetime that may result in PTSD.
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Redefining trauma and its hidden connections: Identifying and reprocessing the experiential contributors to a wide variety of disorders (Norton, 2013)
Francine Shapiro offers a psychotherapy model to heal trauma, through Adaptive Information Processing, EMDR therapy & therapeutic presence.
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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (Guilford, 2013)
Wesselmann/Shapiro describe how eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy can help complex trauma in children & adolescents.
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What is the role of eye movements in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)? A review (Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy)
Evidence was found suggesting bilateral stimulation increases access to episodic memories and that it could act on working memory.
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EMDR Part Two: Clinical Opinions Regarding the Safety of using EMDR to Process Traumatic Material During a Subsequent Pregnancy to Treat PTSD (childbirth onset) (Lamaze)
Kathy Morelli shares the second part of her series on EMDR, and exams clinical opinions on the safety of EMDR as a treatment modality.
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