Taking care of our future doctors: A service evaluation of a medical student mental health service (BMC Medical Education)
Efficiency and effectiveness of mental health services for medical students experiencing high levels of mental distress and suicidality.
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Impact of dissociation on the effectiveness of psychotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorder: meta-analysis (BJPsych Open)
This meta-analysis examined the influence of dissociative symptoms on psychotherapy outcome in PTSD.
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The effects of individual psychotherapy in BDNF levels of patients with mental disorders: A systematic review (Frontiers in Psychiatry)
“A systematic review evaluating the effects of individual psychotherapy in BDNF levels in patients with mental disorders.”
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The potential role of EMDR on trauma in affective disorders: A narrative review (Journal of Affective Disorders)
Few available evidence suggests EMDR as a useful therapy in the treatment of bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder.
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Cost-effectiveness of psychological treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder in adults (PLOS ONE)
This guideline was developed by an independent multi-disciplinary group of clinical academics, health professionals and service user and care representatives with expertise and experience in the field of PTSD. The guideline informed the updating of national guidance for the management of PTSD in England, published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). A number of interventions appear to be cost-effective for the management of PTSD in adults. EMDR appears to be the most cost-effective amongst them.
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Adaptive information processing theory: Origins, principles, applications, and evidence (Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work)
Adaptive information processing theory: Origins, principles, applications, and evidence This article by Margaret Duval Hill describes the origins, principles, applications, and evidence related to…
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Post-traumatic growth in the twenty-first century: How current trends may threaten our ability to grow after trauma (The Journal of Positive Psychology)
A discussion on combining social supports, trauma-processing modalities such as EMDR, team sports, and psychoeducation to promote post-traumatic growth.
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Cracking the EMDR code: Recruitment of sensory, memory and emotional networks during bilateral alternating auditory stimulation (Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry)
We show that EMDR therapy’s bilateral alternating stimulation is not a simple sensory signal: it activates large emotional neural networks.
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The effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing toward anxiety disorder: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (Journal of Psychiatric Research)
The first meta-analysis on Randomized Controlled Trials to evaluate the effectiveness of EMDR on reducing symptoms of anxiety disorders.
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The Effectiveness of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) on Fear of Negative Evaluation (FNE) and Social Adjustment in Female Students with Social Phobia (International Journal of Psychology)
Effect of EMDR on fear of negative evaluation (FNE) and social adjustment in female students with social phobia.
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Psychological interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder and depression in refugees: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy)
The findings suggest that psychological interventions can effectively reduce symptoms of both PTSD and depression in adult refugees.
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The effects of eye movements and alternative dual tasks on the vividness and emotionality of negative autobiographical memories: A meta-analysis of laboratory studies (Journal of Experimental Psychopathology)
A meta-analysis of lab studies that compared the effects of eye movements and/or alternative dual tasks (e.g., counting) on the vividness and emotionality of negative autobiographical memories.
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