Treating daytime blindness with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: A case report (The European Research Journal)
This case report demonstrates efficaciousness of EMDR therapy on PTSD-related daytime blindness (hemeralopia).
Eye-movement intervention enhances extinction via amygdala deactivation (Journal of Neuroscience)
This article “demonstrates that goal-directed eye-movements, like working-memory tasks, deactivate the amygdala, the core neural substrate of fear learning.”
Research Corner | Go With That Magazine™ Issue September 2018
This research corner contribution by EMDRIA member Andrew Leeds, Ph.D. is from the September 2018 Go With That Magazine™️ issue “EMDR Early Intervention.”
Trauma stabilisation as a sole treatment intervention for post-traumatic stress disorder in Southeast Asia (Psychiatric Quarterly)
This research analyzes the impact of trauma stabilisation as a sole treatment intervention for PTSD in adults via EMDR therapy informed training.
Intergenerational transmission of trauma effects: putative role of epigenetic mechanisms (World Psychiatry)
This paper reviews the research evidence concerning the intergenerational transmission of trauma effects and the possible role of epigenetic mechanisms in this transmission.
Cognitive behavioral therapy versus eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials (Cureus)
This meta-analysis compares the efficacy of CBT and EMDR therapy for PTSD, anxiety, and depression symptom relief.
The International Trauma Questionnaire: Development of a self-report measure of ICD-11 PTSD and Complex PTSD (Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica)
The International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ) is an 18 question self-report measure focusing on the core features of PTSD and CPTSD.
EMDR Toolbox: Theory and Treatment of Complex PTSD and Dissociation, 2nd Edition (Springer, 2018)
Descriptions of specific EMDR therapeutic “tools” and overview of an Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model of treatment of complex PTSD.
Responding to the Unite the Right Rally & Richmond Monument Avenue Rally
EMDR Early Intervention (EEI) therapists prepare and respond during the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.
Social Change, Little “D” Disasters & Why EEI Protocols are Essential to Everyone’s Practice
EMDR Early Intervention (EEI) can be used for “little d” disasters that affect communities (community violence, hate crimes, toxic pollutants, etc.)
First Responder Cumulative Traumatic Stress Exposure
First responders (Police Officers, Fire Fighters, 911-Dispatchers, EMS) has a unique stressors. Learn how to help the helpers.
Questions and Cautions for Deployment of EMDR EIs with First Responders & Public Safety Personnel
Delve beyond psychotherapy when aiding First Responders. What crucial questions and policies must EMDR therapists grasp?
