First Responders/Healthcare Workers Archives

Early intervention for residential out-of-home care staff using eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) (Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy)

This study provides evidence for the efficacy of EMDR in reducing traumatic stress symptom severity for residential out-of-home care staff.

EMDR Therapy and First Responders

EMDRIA member Kate Pieper discusses using EMDR therapy with first responders.

EMDR Therapy and First Responders

EMDR therapy helps first responders with their post-traumatic stress injury. Help first responders protect the safety & welfare of citizens.

EMDR Early Intervention

Dr. Amanda Robert’s Go With That Magazine™ article “EMDR Early Intervention” is featured in this blog post. She discusses EMDR therapy in early intervention settings and provides a review of interventions in the EMDR field.

Using EMDR Therapy in Disaster Response

EMDRIA members Catherine Butler, Sharon Steckler, and Eva Usadi write about using EMDR therapy in disaster response settings and populations.

Intervention with EMDR on a sample of healthcare workers in the nephrology and dialysis service during the COVID-19 emergency: from immediate treatment effect to long-term maintenance (Frontiers in Psychology)

Effectiveness of EMDR treatment to reduce post-traumatic stress symptoms at the end of the first pandemic wave and its progress over time.

Together We Can Strengthen Disaster Response Capacity – Are You Ready?

Are you prepared to go beyond day-to-day EMDR clinical practice and into disaster response work? By the end of this program, you will have 3-4 implementable ideas of clear steps you can take to improve your disaster response preparedness.

Group early intervention eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy as a video-conference psychotherapy with frontline/emergency workers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder and moral injury—An RCT study (Frontiers in Psychology)

This RCT study investigated the effectiveness of a Group EMDR via telehealth for frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

EMDR for symptoms of depression, stress and burnout in health care workers exposed to COVID-19 (HARD): A study protocol for a trial within a cohort study (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

In this study, the effectiveness of EMDR in reducing depression, burnout and PTSD in health care workers exposed to COVID-19 is investigated.

Effect of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing technique on depression and post-traumatic stress symptoms among emergency nurses (Tobacco Regulatory Science)

This study evaluated the effect of EMDR on post-traumatic stress symptoms and depression among emergency nurses.

Psychological interventions for post-traumatic stress injuries among public safety personnel: A systematic review and meta-analysis (BMC Systematic Reviews)

“The current study assessed the effectiveness and acceptability of psychological interventions for PTSI among PSPs.”

The psychological impact of the COVID emergency on Italian nursing homes staff and the effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (Frontiers in Psychology)

We describe the subjective experience of staff in a number of Italian nursing homes during COVID-19 and effectiveness of EMDR with them.

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