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Eye movements desensitization and reprocessing with finger movements and Elite mobile health software on guilt feeling of parents of children with autism: A randomized trial (Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing)

This randomized controlled trial (RCT) examined the impact of different ways to reduce guilt in parents of autistic children, including EMDR therapy.

The use of the “group traumatic episode protocol (G-TEP)” in an outpatient randomized and hospital setting: Implementation and effects in heterogeneous patient samples (Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy)

This study examined the application of G-TEP (a group EMDR protocol) in both outpatient and in-patient settings for treating multiple symptoms.

EMDR and standard psychotherapy for paediatric cancer patients and their families: A pilot study (Frontiers in Psychology)

This article compares EMDR with standard psychotherapy for PTSD in pediatric oncology patients early in cancer treatment.

An EMDR-based intervention for the ‘Golfers’ Yips’: A case series (Sports Psychiatry)

This article reported on the effect of an EMDR-based intervention on golfers experiencing the yips.

Eye movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR) therapy as a rapid therapeutic method for psychological trauma and other mental health disorders: A critical review (International Journal for Psychotherapy in Africa)

This paper examines the effect of EMDR therapy as a rapid therapeutic method for the treatment of psychological trauma.

Psychological interventions to pregnancy-related complications in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder: A scoping review (BMC Psychiatry)

This review investigated pregnancy-related complications and PTSD and summarized effective psychological interventions for pregnancy-related PTSD symptoms.

Randomized trial on the effects of an EMDR intervention on traumatic and obsessive symptoms during the COVID-19 quarantine: A psychometric study (Frontiers in Psychiatry)

This randomized controlled trial investigated body perception, disgust, emotions of guilt and shame, mental contamination, posttraumatic and obsessive-compulsive symptoms before and after EMDR intervention.

A network meta-analysis of psychological interventions for children and adolescents after natural and man-made disasters (BMC Psychiatry)

This review used a meta-analysis approach to compare and rank psychological interventions for PTSD and depression in children and adolescents after exposure to natural and man-made disasters.

Cost-effectiveness analysis of the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder related to childhood abuse: Comparison of phase-based treatment and direct trauma-focused treatment (Frontiers in Psychology)

This study compared the cost-effectiveness of a phased-based treatment approach with direct trauma-focused treatment in patients with PTSD and a history of childhood abuse.

Exhausting, but necessary: The lived experience of participants in an intensive inpatient trauma treatment program (Frontiers in Psychology)

This article explores the patient experience of intensive trauma-focused treatment, including EMDR therapy in an intensive inpatient program.

Apples and oranges: PTSD patients and healthy individuals are not comparable in their subjective and physiological responding to emotion induction and bilateral stimulation (Frontiers in Psychology)

This study compared the response of patients with and without PTSD to bilateral stimulation in areas of emotion, cognition, and physiological response.

Individual treatment selection for patients with post-traumatic stress disorder: External validation of a personalised advantage index (Psychotherapy Research)

This study explores the option of machine learning models to recommend types of PTSD treatment to patients based on potential individual differences, and highlights the need for external validation of machine learning models.

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