Immigrants/Refugees Archives

Post-traumatic stress disorder and its associated factors among internally displaced people due to conflict in Northwest Ethiopia (Frontiers in Public Health)

This study aimed to determine the prevalence of PTSD among internally displaced people in Northwest Ethiopia and recommends EMDR therapy alongside other treatment options.

EMDR interventions in refugees and asylum seekers: A systematic review and meta-analysis (Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy)

This review analyses the efficacy of EMDR in reducing PTSD in refugees or asylum seekers using randomized controlled studies (RCTs).

Comparative efficacy and acceptability of psychosocial interventions for PTSD, depression, and anxiety in asylum seekers, refugees, and other migrant populations: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled studies (The Lancet Regional Health – Europe)

Systematic review to identify randomized clinical trials assessing the efficacy of psychosocial interventions for migrant populations in reducing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression or anxiety.

Healing Across Borders: EMDR Therapy for Global Migration

Liliana Baylon, LMFT-S, RPT-S discusses how EMDR can help migrants process the deep psychological scars often associated with displacement.

Acceptability and preliminary effects of intensive brief trauma-focused PTSD treatment for refugees (Torture: Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture)

This study aimed to evaluate the effects of an intensive brief trauma-focused PTSD treatment (ITT) program including EMDR therapy delivered to refugees at the Swedish Red Cross Treatment Center.

Psychotherapeutic interventions used in psychological treatment studies with Syrian refugees: A systematic review (Trauma, Violence, and Abuse)

This systematic review examines psychotherapeutic interventions employed in psychological treatment studies with Syrian refugees, including EMDR therapy.

Secondary traumatization in refugee care – EMDR intervention for interpreters (STEIN): A study protocol for a quasi-randomized controlled trial (BMC Trials)

This study is investigating the efficacy of an EMDR intervention in interpreters working in refugee care affected by secondary traumatic stress.

EMDR Therapy for Immigrants

We delve into the transformative world of EMDR therapy and its profound impact on immigrants facing trauma with guest Roberto Lara, LCSW.

Coping styles in refugees with PTSD: Results from a randomized trial comparing EMDR therapy and stabilization (PLoS ONE)

This study aims to examine if baseline coping styles for refugees are related to treatment response after EMDR therapy or stabilization, and if coping styles change during these treatments.

A case study of a Ukranian refugee in Turkey: Metaphoric associative cards (MACs) and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (African Journal of Biological Sciences)

A case study using EMDR therapy and metaphoric associative cards (MAC) to treat PTSD in a refugee from Ukraine after escaping the war.

Mental health and conflict: A pilot of an online eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) intervention for forcibly displaced Syrian women (Frontiers in Public Health)

This study looked at the effects of EMDR therapy treatment for forcibly displaced Syrian women with PTSD delivered by forcibly displaced Syrian women EMDR therapists.

How art therapy and EMDR help asylum seekers and refugees move towards healing trauma: A literature review (Lesley University, 2025)

This thesis examines EMDR and art therapy as modalities to treat trauma and PTSD in refugees and asylum seekers.

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