RCT Archives

Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing as add-on treatment to enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy for patients with anorexia nervosa reporting childhood maltreatment: A quasi-experimental multicenter study (European Eating Disorders Review)

This study reports reduced eating disorder (ED) symptoms and dissociative symptoms and improved outcomes for patients with anorexia nervosa and childhood maltreatment when EMDR therapy was added to enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT-E).

The effect of cognitive behavioural therapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing techniques on infertile women: A randomized controlled trial (Reproductive Biomedicine Online)

This randomized controlled trial looks at the effects of CBT and EMDR therapy on the psychological and emotional effects of infertility.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Single-Case Experiment Testing the Effect on Persistent Negative Evaluation of Fatigue (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

EMDR therapy can reduce emotional distress associated with fatigue, but it is unclear whether it can change its negative evaluation.

Triadic Therapy Based on Somatic Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Study (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

The triadic therapy based on somatic EMDR for CPTSD (TSP) consists of simplified EMDR, micro-dose medicines, and a pair of Chinese medicines.

Trauma-focused therapy in early psychosis: Results of a feasibility randomized controlled trial of EMDR for psychosis (EMDRp) in early intervention settings (Psychological Medicine)

Feasibility of RCT of an Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for psychosis (EMDRp) intervention for early psychosis service users.

Protocol for a randomized controlled trial in Cambodian individuals with PTSD: Trauma-informed treatment algorithms for advancing novel outcomes (project TITAN) (Contemporary Clinical Trials)

Cambodian participants with PTSD receive Stabilization Techniques or Behavioral Activation plus Stabilization Techniques, and later EMDR.

EMDR Therapy vs supportive Therapy as adjunctive treatment in trauma-exposed bipolar patients: A randomized controlled trial (PsyArXiv Preprint)

Patients with bipolar disorder had 20 sessions of trauma-focused EMDR therapy or 20 sessions of supportive therapy.

EMDR versus waiting list in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis with posttraumatic stress symptoms: A randomized controlled trial (Schizophrenia Research)

Efficacy and safety of EMDR in individuals at clinical-high risk for psychosis with comorbid PTSD or subthreshold PTSD in an RCT.

Clinical assessment of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in memory distress: Protocol for a double-blinded randomized controlled trial (JMIR Research Protocols)

This study will examine flash technique (FT-EMDR) and standard EMDR (S-EMDR) efficacies when both methods are delivered via web-based video.

Group early intervention eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy as a video-conference psychotherapy with frontline/emergency workers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder and moral injury—An RCT study (Frontiers in Psychology)

This RCT study investigated the effectiveness of a Group EMDR via telehealth for frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Eye movement desensitization and processing for adolescents with major depressive disorder: Study protocol for a multi-site randomized controlled trial (Trials)

Study to determine the effectiveness of EMDR therapy as stand-alone intervention in adolescents diagnosed with major depressive disorder.

How safe is the treatment of pregnant women with fear of childbirth using eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy? Obstetric outcomes of a multi-center randomized controlled trial (Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica)

The purpose of the study was to determine the obstetric safety and effectiveness of EMDR therapy for pregnant women with fear of childbirth.

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