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Eye-movements and visual imagery: A working memory approach to the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (British Journal of Clinical Psychology)

Hypothesis that eye-movements reduce the vividness of distressing images by disrupting the visuospatial sketchpad (VSSP) of working memory.

In this paper we describe the use of EMDR in seven consecutive cases of body dysmorphic disorder with improvements.

In this chapter, Solomon and Shapiro discuss using eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy to help trauma & grief.

Efficacy of EMDR compared to a no-treatment wait-list control in the treatment of PTSD in adult female sexual assault victims.

Clients who received EMDR treatment for their PTSD used fewer medication appointments and needed fewer psychotherapy appointments.

Results suggest that eye movements do not play a significant role in processing of traumatic information in EMDR.

Study of 22 subjects with Pathological Gambling (PG) tests theory that root of PG lies in unresolved trauma-related anxiety, similar to PTSD.

This paper argues that Pavlovian and Darwinian theory provide a theoretical explanation for the therapeutic effectiveness of EMDR.

Van Ommeren recommends the formation of a panel that can assess whether or not the treatments used in EMDR outcome studies have fidelity.

Controlled PTSD research on eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) showing that EMDR is an empirically validated method.

Francine Shapiro discusses errors of context in her review of recent eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) research.

The relaxing effect of the eye movements suggests that a mechanisms operating during EMDR is desensitization by reciprocal inhibition.