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Efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing on the quality of life in patients with major depressive disorder: A randomized clinical trial (Psychology Research and Behavior Management)

Investigating the efficacy of EMDR on the quality of life (QOL) in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD).

Neurobiology of emotional trauma (Psychiatriki)

Neuroimaging studies of successful EMDR treatment have consistently shown that patients exhibited increased frontal lobe activation.

Psychotherapy with survivors of sexual abuse and assault (Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience)

Authors discuss psychodynamic psychotherapy, trauma-focused CBT, and EMDR therapy to treat patients following sexual assault and abuse.

From evil to live: A case study on a women’s journey through EMDR for severe trauma (Abuse: An international Impact Journal, 2020)

Effectiveness of EMDR combining aspects of Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) to reduce complex PTSD and life-threatening self-injury.

EMDR intervention after a disaster: The Morandi Bridge collapse (Emergency Care Journal)

Survivors were treated with the EMDR Recent Traumatic Episode Protocol (R-TEP), resulting in reduced Impact of Event Scale-Revised scores.

Psychological distress and quality of life are improved in autoimmune patients through Tandem-Psychotherapy, combining individual hypnosis and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) treatment for trauma, followed by supportive-expressive group therapy (Clinical Rheumatology)

Tandem-Psychotherapy is effective for improving psychological symptoms and quality of life in autoimmune patients.

Early psychological intervention following recent trauma: A systematic review and meta-analysis (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

Early psychological interventions aim to prevent chronic difficulties. Findings for CBT-T, EMDR, and cognitive therapy without exposure were judged as clinically important.

The EMDR recent birth trauma protocol: A pilot randomized clinical trial after traumatic childbirth (Psychology and Health)

This pilot study investigated the effectiveness of brief EMDR intervention compared to treatment-as-usual in women with post-partum PTSD.

Empirically supported psychological treatments for adult acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder: A review (Depression and Anxiety)

Study found that trauma-focused CBT and to a lesser extent EMDR (due to fewer studies) are the psychological treatments of choice for PTSD.

Analyse et comparaison de discours de patients douloureux chroniques durant une thérapie de soutien par opposition à l’utilisation de la thérapie Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) (Pratiques Psychologiques)

L’objectif principal de ce travail s’est alors attaché à comparer le discours des patients durant l’utilisation de la thérapie EMDR en comparaison avec une thérapie de soutien, dans une Unité hospitalière de prise en charge de la douleur chronique.

Medication versus trauma-focused psychotherapy for adults with posttraumatic stress disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis (Psychiatry Research)

There is insufficient evidence to determine whether SSRIs or trauma-focused psychotherapies are more effective for PTSD symptom reduction.

Psychosis: An Emerging Field for EMDR Research and Therapy (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

It has only been in this last decade that trauma-focused treatments (TFT) have been studied in patients with psychotic disorders.

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