Early EMDR intervention following intense rocket attacks on a town: A randomized clinical trial (Clinical Neuropsychiatry)
Study shows evidence on the efficacy of Early EMDR Intervention for reducing post-traumatic stress and depression among victims of hostility.
The effect of bilateral eye movements versus no eye movements on sexual fantasies (Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry)
This study aimed to examine whether eye movements (like with EMDR) impair sexual fantasies (a form of mental imagery).
EMDR Treatment of Grief and Mourning (Clinical Neuropsychiatry)
Frameworks of grief and mourning that can inform EMDR therapy are discussed, including Rando’s “R” processes.
Some Considerations about EMDR and Psychosis (Clinical Neuropsychiatry)
The aim of this paper is to outline some considerations about the efficacy and applicability of EMDR approach on psychotic patients.
Treating Personality Disorders with EMDR Therapy (Clinical Neuropsychiatry)
Relevance of adaptive information in those with personality disorders & adaptations for borderline, narcissistic & antisocial presentations.
Psychological and pharmacological treatments for adults with posttraumatic stress disorder: A systematic review update (Comparative Effectiveness Review)
This review assessed efficacy, comparative effectiveness, and harms of psychological and pharmacological treatments (CPT, CBT, EMDR, narrative exposure, fluoxetine, sertraline, etc.) for adults with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and updated the original 2013 review.
A non-randomized controlled trial of EMDR on affective symptoms in patients with glioblastoma multiforme (Frontiers in Psychiatry)
EMDR therapy on anxiety, depression and sense of coherence in patients with glioblastoma multiforme, a highly aggressive brain cancer.
Presence of the dissociative subtype of PTSD does not moderate the outcome of intensive trauma-focused treatment for PTSD (European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2018)
Study to test the hypothesis that the dissociative subtype of PTSD has a detrimental effect on outcome of intensive trauma-focused treatment.
Cathy Schweitzer discusses family therapy, attachment, and EMDR (Attachment Theory in Action Podcast)
An EMDR Certified Therapist discusses EMDR and attachment in the Attachment Theory in Action podcast with Karen Doyle Buckwalter.
Neurocognitive functioning of the course of trauma-focused psychotherapy for PTSD: Changes in verbal memory and executive functioning (British Journal of Clinical Psychology)
This study suggests that neurocognitive deficits in PTSD can improve over the course of trauma-focused psychotherapy.
Do trauma-focussed psychological interventions have an effect on psychotic symptoms? A systematic review and meta-analysis (Schizophrenia Research)
Trauma-focussed treatments effective in treating PTSD may therefore represent a new direction in the psychological treatment of psychosis.
25 years of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Application protocol, operating hypothesis, and systematic review of its efficacy in posttraumatic stress disorder (Journal of Psychiatry and Mental Health)
The standard EMDR protocol is introduced, along with current hypotheses of its mechanism of action, as well as a critical review of the available literature on its clinical effectiveness in adult PTSD.
