Effectiveness of trauma-focused treatment for adolescents with major depressive disorder (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
First study suggesting that EMDR therapy is associated with significant reduction of symptoms in adolescents with major depressive disorder.
Pretreatment cortisol predicts trauma-focused psychotherapy response in youth with (partial) posttraumatic stress disorder (Psychoneuroendocrinology)
The objective of the current study was to test whether cortisol prior to treatment would differ between treatment responders and non-responders and would positively predict the extent of clinical improvement in youth with (partial) PTSD.
Cost-effectiveness of psychological interventions for children and young people with post-traumatic stress disorder (The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry)
The objective of this study was to assess the cost-effectiveness of a range of psychological interventions for children and young people with PTSD.
Longitudinal multisite randomized controlled trial on the provision of the EMDR-IGTP-OTS to refugee minors in Valencia, Spain (American Journal of Applied Psychology)
Effectiveness of EMDR-Integrative Group Treatment Protocol for Ongoing Traumatic Stress for refugee adolescents in Valencia, Spain.
A field study on the EMDR integrative group treatment protocol for ongoing traumatic stress provided to adolescent Eritrean refugees living in Ethiopia (Psychology and Behavioral Science International Journal)
EMDR-integrative group treatment protocol for ongoing traumatic stress (EMDR-IGTP-OTS) for reducing PTSD in Eritrean adolescent refugees.
Research Review: Psychological and psychosocial treatments for children and young people with post-traumatic stress disorder: a network meta-analysis (The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry)
Trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy appears to be most effective for PTSD in youth. EMDR is effective but to a lesser extent.
Response to “Comparing the effectiveness of EMDR and TF-CBT for children and adolescents: A meta-analysis” (Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma)
Brief report and response to previously published work “Comparing the effectiveness of EMDR and TF-CBT for children and adolescents: A meta-analysis.”
Using EMDR Therapy with Suicidal Children and Adolescents
Little is known about younger children and suicide and even less has been written about using EMDR with suicidal children and teenagers.
Parents as Partners: Enhancing Co-Regulation and Coherence through an Integration of Play Therapy and EMDR
Parents are important partners for healing childhood trauma. Discover the transformative role of co-regulation.
EMDR Therapy with Children & Adolescents (Go With That Magazine Issue)
Discover how to use EMDR therapy with children and adolescents through play therapy, co-regulation, sandtray integration and more.
A Systematic Review of Psychological Trauma Interventions for Juvenile Offenders (Research on Social Work Practice)
This review discusses the efficacy of trauma-specific interventions (EMDR, art therapy) among juvenile offenders.
Effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in child victims of domestic violence (Iranian Journal of Psychiatry)
Both CBT and EMDR can help children to greatly recover from the outcomes of domestic violence in comparison with control group.
