Comparative efficacy of treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder: a meta-analysis (Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy)

Meta-analysis that showed psychological therapies were more effective than drug therapies, and both were more effective than controls.

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Treatment of choking phobia by targeting traumatic memories with EMDR: A case study (Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy)

Two therapy sessions of EMDR produced a lasting decrease in symptomatology of choking phobia, characterized by fear/avoidance of swallowing.

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Statistical and reliable change with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Treating trauma within a veteran population (Behavior Therapy)

Fifty-one war veterans with PTSD were given either 2sessions of EMDR, an equivalent procedure without EMDR, or a standard psychiatric support.

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Treating phobic children: Effects of EMDR versus exposure (Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology)

This study examined the efficacy of EMDR and exposure in the treatment of a twenty-six spider phobic children.

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Brief psychological intervention with traumatized young women: The efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (Journal of Traumatic Stress)

Sixty women between the ages of 16 and 25 were randomly assigned to two sessions of either EMDR or an active listening (AL) control.

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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): Treatment for combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (Journal of Traumatic Stress)

Thirty-five veterans with combat-related PTSD were treated with either EMDR, biofeedback-assisted relaxation, or routine clinical care.

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Fifteen-month follow-up of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder and psychological trauma (Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology)

15-month follow-up of the effects of EMDR therapy on the functioning of 66 participants, 32 were diagnosed with PTSD prior to treatment.

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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing treatment for panic disorder: A controlled outcome and partial dismantling study (Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology)

Clients with panic disorders received either EMDR, no eye movement, or wait list. EMDR was more effective, however results didn’t last.

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EMDR minus eye movements equals good psychotherapy (Journal of Traumatic Stress)

It is argued that EMDR is efficacious independent of its parts (e.g., eye movements) because it applies accepted principles of psychotherapy.

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The psychobiology of traumatic memory: Clinical implications of neuroimaging studies (Annals of the New York Academy of Science)

The emerging body of knowledge from neuroimaging studies has prompted a focus on how extreme emotional arousal leads to a failure of the central nervous system to synthesize interpretation of incoming sensory information. Areas of the brain implicated are the amygdala, hippocampus, corpus callosum, anterior cingulate, and prefrontal cortex.

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Eye-movements and visual imagery: A working memory approach to the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (British Journal of Clinical Psychology)

Hypothesis that eye-movements reduce the vividness of distressing images by disrupting the visuospatial sketchpad (VSSP) of working memory.

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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in the treatment of anxiety as it pertains to work-related issues (Walden University)

Dissertation to determine the effect EMDR has as a treatment protocol on work-related stressors (job insecurity, work/life balance, etc.).

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