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Dissociation in children and adolescents: A developmental perspective (Guilford Press, 1997)

This book examines the origins and course of normal and pathological dissociation in children and adolescents.

Development and validation of a measure of adolescent dissociation: The Adolescent Dissociative Experiences Scale (The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease)

This study describes the initial reliability and validity data on the Adolescent Dissociative Experiences Scale (A-DES).

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.

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.

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.

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.).

Body dysmorphic disorder: Seven cases treated with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy)

In this paper we describe the use of EMDR in seven consecutive cases of body dysmorphic disorder with improvements.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: A therapeutic tool for trauma and grief (Taylor & Francis, 1997)

In this chapter, Solomon and Shapiro discuss using eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy to help trauma & grief.

A controlled study of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disordered sexual assault victims (Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic)

Efficacy of EMDR compared to a no-treatment wait-list control in the treatment of PTSD in adult female sexual assault victims.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing versus exposure in vivo: A single-session crossover study of spider-phobic children (British Journal of Psychiatry)

EMDR has no additional value in treatment of this type of animal phobia, for which exposure in vivo is the treatment of choice.

Treating spider phobics with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: A controlled study (Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapy)

The present study examined the efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in the treatment of spider phobic subjects.

Controlled study of treatment of PTSD using EMDR in an HMO setting (Psychotherapy)

Clients who received EMDR treatment for their PTSD used fewer medication appointments and needed fewer psychotherapy appointments.

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