An open trial of EMDR as treatment for chronic PTSD (American Journal of Orthopsychiatry)
This study follows 8 adult cases of chronic PTSD treated by EMDR therapy.
Read MoreSpeculations on the neurobiology of EMDR (Traumatology)
A discussion exploring current neurobiological findings in the areas of the limbic system, REM-sleep and psychological trauma circa 1998.
Read MoreA single session EMDR study with twenty traumatized children and adolescents (Traumatology)
Twenty children and adolescents were treated for a single traumatic memory with a single session of EMDR therapy.
Read MoreBrief psychological intervention with traumatized young women: The efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (Journal of Traumatic Stress)
Sixty women between the ages of 16 and 25 were randomly assigned to two sessions of either EMDR or an active listening (AL) control.
Read MoreEye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): Treatment for combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (Journal of Traumatic Stress)
Thirty-five veterans with combat-related PTSD were treated with either EMDR, biofeedback-assisted relaxation, or routine clinical care.
Read MoreFifteen-month follow-up of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder and psychological trauma (Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology)
15-month follow-up of the effects of EMDR therapy on the functioning of 66 participants, 32 were diagnosed with PTSD prior to treatment.
Read MoreEye movement desensitization and reprocessing treatment for panic disorder: A controlled outcome and partial dismantling study (Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology)
Clients with panic disorders received either EMDR, no eye movement, or wait list. EMDR was more effective, however results didn’t last.
Read MoreDevelopment and validation of a measure of adolescent dissociation: The Adolescent Dissociative Experiences Scale (The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease)
This study describes the initial reliability and validity data on the Adolescent Dissociative Experiences Scale (A-DES).
Read MoreThe psychobiology of traumatic memory: Clinical implications of neuroimaging studies (Annals of the New York Academy of Science)
The emerging body of knowledge from neuroimaging studies has prompted a focus on how extreme emotional arousal leads to a failure of the central nervous system to synthesize interpretation of incoming sensory information. Areas of the brain implicated are the amygdala, hippocampus, corpus callosum, anterior cingulate, and prefrontal cortex.
Read MoreEye-movements and visual imagery: A working memory approach to the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (British Journal of Clinical Psychology)
Hypothesis that eye-movements reduce the vividness of distressing images by disrupting the visuospatial sketchpad (VSSP) of working memory.
Read MoreBody dysmorphic disorder: Seven cases treated with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy)
In this paper we describe the use of EMDR in seven consecutive cases of body dysmorphic disorder with improvements.
Read MoreA controlled study of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disordered sexual assault victims (Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic)
Efficacy of EMDR compared to a no-treatment wait-list control in the treatment of PTSD in adult female sexual assault victims.
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