Back to School: Using EMDR Therapy to Help Children and Adolescents Cope and Thrive

Back to school season is here. EMDRIA member Anne-Marie Brown, LCSW discusses helpful resources regarding the back-to-school season.

A meta-analysis of dropout from evidence-based psychological treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children and young people (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

Estimate the prevalence of dropout in children and young people receiving a psychological therapy for PTSD as part of an RCT.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in child and adolescent psychology: A narrative review (Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry)

The purpose of this article is to summarize the research results of EMDR therapy with children and adolescents through a narrative review of the scientific literature.

Effectiveness of an intensive treatment programme combining prolonged exposure and EMDR therapy for adolescents suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

The first study on the effects of trauma-focused treatment that combined prolonged exposure, EMDR therapy & physical activity for adolescents.

Trauma Psycho Social Support Plus ® and EMDR therapy for children and adolescents in a post-conflict setting: Mental health training in Kurdistan (Torture: Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture)

TraumaAid mental health worker training program in refugee camps on EMDR Resource installation with children, adolescents and their parents.

A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of EMDR and TF-CBT in reducing trauma symptoms and externalizing behavior problems in adolescents (International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology)

Meta-analysis on EMDR and Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for reducing trauma symptoms & externalizing behavior in adolescents.

Comparison of group eye movement desensitization and reprocessing with cognitive and behavioral therapy protocol after the 2020 earthquake in Turkey: A field study in children and adolescents (European Journal of Therapeutics)

EMDR-IGTP vs. Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy Based CIPCA in children who survived the 2020 earthquake in Turkey.

Long-term effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in children and adolescents with medically related subthreshold post-traumatic stress disorder: A randomized controlled trial (European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing)

Long-term effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in children and adolescents with medically related PTSD.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: The state of the art of efficacy in children and adolescent with post-traumatic stress disorder (Journal of Affective Disorders)

The aim of this work is to systematically review all RCTs evaluating the effect of EMDR therapy on PTSD symptoms in children and adolescents and assess if anxiety or depressive symptoms improved.

Group eye movement desensitization and reprocessing interventions in adults and children: A systematic review of randomized and nonrandomized trials (Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy)

EMDR group protocols have advantages like reducing wait times, using drawing or writing as a mean of expressing and offering group support.

Trauma-focused psychotherapy response in youth with posttraumatic stress disorder is associated with changes in insula volume (Journal of Psychiatric Research)

Study on the relationship between treatment response and alternations in brain structures associated with PTSD in children and adolescents.

The application of EMDR therapy in treating adolescents with the adjustment disorder: A case report (Psychiatria Danubina)

EMDR therapy and CBT in treating the adolescent with psychopathological symptoms caused by stressors related to chronic illness (diabetes).