The posttraumatic growth path: An emerging model for prevention and treatment of trauma-related behavioral health conditions (Journal of Psychotherapy Integration)
Treatments reviewed for efficacy: prolonged exposure therapy, cognitive processing therapy & eye movement desensitization and reprocessing.
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EMDR for Survivors of Life-Threatening Cardiac Events: Results of a Pilot Study (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
This pilot study evaluated the effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in treating posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and concomitant depressive and anxiety symptoms in survivors of life-threatening cardiac events.
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A Pilot Study of Concentrated EMDR: A Brief Report (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
The results of this pilot study indicate that concentrated EMDR may be effective in treating comorbid MDD and panic disorder with agoraphobia.
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What Is EMDR? Concluding Commentary by Greenwald and Response by Shapiro (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
This point/counterpoint on the meaning of EMDR concludes the commentary interchange between Greenwald and Shapiro.
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Clinical Q&A: Container (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Question: “Is there a script that I can use to teach my clients to use a ‘container’ resource? When and how might I use this with my clients?”
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EMDR: Eye movements superior to beeps in taxing working memory and reducing vividness of recollections (Behaviour Research and Therapy)
Study compares auditory and eye movement BLS, supports a working memory account of EMDR, and suggests that the effects of beeps on negative memories are inferior to those of eye movements.
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Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR): Mental health-substance use (Radcliffe, 2011)
This chapter explores using EMDR for mental health-substance use in an edited volume on the theory/application of a variety of techniques.
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The efficacy and psychophysiological correlates of dual-attention tasks in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) (Journal of Anxiety Disorder)
Findings indicate that eye movements in EMDR are beneficial & distinct psychophysiological changes may aid in processing negative memories.
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Autobiographical memories become less vivid and emotional after eye movements (British Journal of Clinical Psychology)
After eye movements, but not after the other interventions, negative memories became less negative & positive memories became less positive.
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Horizontal rhythmical eye-movements consistently diminish the arousal provoked by auditory stimuli (British Journal of Clinical Psychology)
Testing if orienting reflex is an explanatory mechanism in EMDR and whether EMDR effects are due to a distraction effect.
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The impact of taxing working memory on negative and positive memories (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
This study examined the impact of taxing working memory on negative and positive memories.
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EMDR for Childhood PTSD After Road Traffic Accidents: Attentional, Memory, and Attributional Processes (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
EMDR was used with 11 children who developed posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after road traffic accidents. All improved such that none met criteria for PTSD on standardized assessments after an average of only 2.4 sessions.
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