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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.

Active duty and ex-serving military personnel with post-traumatic stress disorder treated with psychological therapies: systematic review and meta-analysis (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

Review to determine which psychological therapies are efficacious in treating active duty and ex-serving military personnel with PTSD.

Do early interventions prevent PTSD? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the safety and efficacy of early interventions after sexual assault (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

Findings suggest that early interventions can lead to durable effects on PTSD severity after sexual assault.

Dropout from psychological therapies for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults: systematic review and meta-analysis (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

Dropout rates from recommended psychological therapies for PTSD are high and this appears to be true of interventions with a trauma focus.

Successful treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder reverses DNA methylation marks (Molecular Psychiatry)

This study investigated longitudinal changes of blood-based genome-wide DNA methylation levels in relation to trauma-focused psychotherapy for PTSD in soldiers.

Psychological interventions for individuals bereaved by homicide: A systematic review (Trauma Violence Abuse)

Homicide-related mental health difficulties show an increased risk of PTSD, complicated grief (CG), and depression.

Too cautious or not cautious enough: Thoughts on the need for dissociation training for EMDR therapists (The Institute for Creative Mindfulness)

The author contends there are two opposite issues with EMDR therapists and dissociation: too cautious or not cautious enough.

The predictive processing model of EMDR (Frontiers in Psychology)

This article describes the Predictive Processing model of EMDR, a proposed neurobiological mechanism/model that expands on the AIP model.

Behandlung psychosomatischer Störungen – Psychotherapie mit Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

EMDR hat sich wissenschaftlich für die Behandlung posttraumatischer Belastungsstörungen bewährt, während die Behandlung von psychosomatischen Störungen ein neueres Einsatzgebiet darstellt.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for post-traumatic stress disorder from the perspective of three-dimensional model of the experiential selfhood (Medical Hypotheses)

A theoretical article on the neurobiological rationale of EMDR using the three-dimensional model of experiential selfhood and overview of EMDR therapy neuroimaging studies.

Prise en charge du traumatisme psychique par la thérapie EMDR et mécanismes cérébraux impliqués (Revue de Neuropsychologie)

L’objectif de nos travaux était d’explorer le mécanisme d’action de la thérapie EMDR à travers différents paradigmes en EEG, TEP-scanner et IRMf, en comparant l’activité cérébrale avant et après traitement ou pendant les stimulations bilatérales alternées.

The effect of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing on depression and anxiety in patients with spinal cord injuries (Trauma Monthly)

The effect of EMDR intervention on stress and anxiety of spinal cord injury (SCI) patients in Kermanshah, west of Iran.

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