The PerPAIN trial: A pilot randomized controlled trial of personalized treatment allocation for chronic musculoskeletal pain – a protocol (Pilot Feasibility Studies)

The therapy of chronic musculoskeletal pain is complex and the treatment results are often insufficient despite numerous therapeutic options.

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Testing an attachment- and trauma-informed intervention approach for parents and young children after interparental violence: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial (BMC Trials)

Effective treatment combinations for traumatized parents and their young children after interparental violence.

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The feasibility of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) for older adults with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and comorbid psychiatric and somatic disorder (Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy)

EMDR therapy showed treatment effect on PTSD severity in older adults unrelated to presence of comorbid psychiatric and somatic disorders.

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اثربخشی درمان حساسیت زدایی با حرکات چشم و پردازش مجدد بر اضطراب مرگ و استرس ادراكشده بیماران مبتلا به دیابت نوع دو

است. پژوهش حاضر با هدف تعیین اثربخشی درمان حساسیت زدایی با حرکات چشم و پردازش

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Investigating the impact of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in reducing birth trauma symptoms (Annals of Psychophysiology)

This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of EMDR as a brief psychological intervention in reducing Birth Trauma symptoms.

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The Positive Affect Tolerance and Integration Protocol: A Novel Application of EMDR Therapy Procedures to Help Survivors of Early Emotional Neglect Learn to Tolerate and Assimilate Moments of Appreciation, Praise, and Affection (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

The Positive Affect Tolerance protocol helps survivors of early emotional neglect learn to tolerate appreciation, praise, and affection.

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Effects of EMDR Group Traumatic Episode Protocol on Burnout Within IAPT Healthcare Professionals: A Feasibility and Acceptability Study (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This study explores the effectiveness of EMDR Group Traumatic Episode Protocol (EMDR G-TEP) at reducing distress and burnout in therapists.

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Making Sense of Offense Related Trauma: Exploring Two Patients’ Lived Experience (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This research explores offense-related trauma and EMDR with two patients who perpetrated violence offenses.

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Current treatments of post-traumatic stress disorder and amygdala ablation as a potential cutting-edge therapy in its refractory cases (Cureus)

The purpose of this article is to highlight the use of extremely selective laser ablation of the amygdala-hippocampal unit as a successful surgical intervention for medically unresponsive PTSD.

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Psychological interventions for post-traumatic stress injuries among public safety personnel: A systematic review and meta-analysis (BMC Systematic Reviews)

“The current study assessed the effectiveness and acceptability of psychological interventions for PTSI among PSPs.”

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Effects of intensive trauma-focused treatment of individuals with both post-traumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

This study’s purpose was to determine the effects of an intensive trauma-focused treatment program (EMDR and prolonged exposure) for patients with PTSD and borderline personality disorder.

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Safety, feasibility, and efficacy of EMDR Therapy in adults with PTSD and mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning and mental health problems: A multiple baseline study (Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities)

EMDR therapy was found to be safe, feasible, and (potentially) efficacious in decreasing PTSD symptoms for adults with MID-BIF.

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