Peer-Reviewed Archives

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.

Can EMDR complement Adlerian play therapy? (The Journal of Individual Psychology)

“This article provides an overview of the underpinnings of Adlerian theory and the adaptive information-processing model and a description of similarities and differences.”

The evolution and future of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy (BJPsych Advances)

This article discusses EMDR therapy’s underlying model, adaptive information processing (AIP), treatment categories within EMDR, and EMDR training and credentialing.

Efficacy of EMDR in Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Associated Cognitive-Emotional Features (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Efficacy of EMDR in body dysmorphic disorder symptoms and features like appearance-based rejection sensitivity, body shame, & self-compassion.

The Effectiveness and Tolerability of an Intensive Outpatient Trauma Treatment Program for Adolescents With PTSD (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Efficacy of outpatient trauma treatment program using prolonged exposure (PE) and EMDR for adolescents with PTSD.

The Effect of Eye Movements on Craving in Alcohol-Dependent Inpatients: A Randomized Controlled Experiment (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Study on whether Eye Movements (EM) during recall of intrusive alcohol craving images impacted the ability of these images to elicit craving.

Is a Personal Trauma History a Risk Factor for the Development of Secondary Traumatization in EMDR Therapists? (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

EMDR therapists were surveyed to test whether personal trauma history predicts secondary traumatization symptoms beyond vicarious exposure.

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