Obituary: Francine Shapiro (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Obituary for Dr. Francine Shapiro—a visionary, leader, and humanitarian, she is best known as the developer of EMDR therapy.
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The 5 Keys to Building Your EMDR Practice (Go With That Magazine Issue)
Explore these five keys to help you build a more meaningful, effective, and successful practice in EMDR therapy in the September 2019 issue of Go With That Magazine.
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EMDR and Nonpharmacological Techniques for Anxiety Prevention in Children Prior to Invasive Medical Procedures: A Randomized Controlled Trial (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Nonpharmacological Techniques (NPT) have been suggested as an efficient & safe means to reduce pain & anxiety in invasive medical procedures.
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Remembering Francine Shapiro
Remembering Dr. Francine Shapiro: Honoring the EMDR Therapy Pioneer’s Legacy. Explore heartfelt tributes from practitioners worldwide.
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Changing the Adult State of Mind With Respect to Attachment: An Exploratory Study of the Role of EMDR Psychotherapy (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Changes in attachment internal working model and reflective function (RF) as mechanisms of change in EMDR treatment for traumatic memories.
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The effect of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) on the severity of suicidal thoughts in patients with major depressive disorder: A randomized controlled trial (Neuropyschiatric Disease and Treatment)
The study aimed to investigate the effect of EMDR therapy on the severity of suicidal thoughts in patients with major depressive disorder.
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Multiple session early psychological interventions for the prevention of post-traumatic stress disorder (Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews)
The review found some beneficial effects early psychological interventions to prevent PTSD, certainty was low due to the risk of bias.
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Evaluation of a trauma therapy programme within emergency service organizations (Occupational Medicine)
Occupational health practitioners in emergency services are exposed to higher levels of physical/psychological trauma & need trauma therapy.
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Increase of precuneus metabolism correlates with reduction of PTSD symptoms after EMDR therapy in military veterans: an 18F-FDG PET study during virtual reality exposure to war (European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging)
Study to identify, after EMDR therapy, regions of brain metabolism that evolve during stress exposure of a war scene in veterans with PTSD.
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A field study on the EMDR integrative group treatment protocol for ongoing traumatic stress provided to adolescent Eritrean refugees living in Ethiopia (Psychology and Behavioral Science International Journal)
EMDR-integrative group treatment protocol for ongoing traumatic stress (EMDR-IGTP-OTS) for reducing PTSD in Eritrean adolescent refugees.
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Do adjuvant interventions improve treatment outcome in adult patients with posttraumatic stress disorder receiving trauma-focused psychotherapy? A systematic review (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
Systematic review that aims to assess whether adjuvant interventions improve outcomes among adult PTSD patients receiving trauma focused psychotherapy (TF-PT).
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Research Review: Psychological and psychosocial treatments for children and young people with post-traumatic stress disorder: a network meta-analysis (The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry)
Trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy appears to be most effective for PTSD in youth. EMDR is effective but to a lesser extent.
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