In the News: October 31, 2024
EMDRIA members and EMDR therapy are featured in various articles and interviews. Learn more in this edition of In the News.
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EMDR Therapy for Male Veterans
Whether you’re a veteran, a loved one, or someone interested in mental health, this episode offers valuable practical advice on healing.
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Reducing intrusive suicidal mental images in patients with depressive symptoms through a dual-task add-on module: Results of a multicenter randomized clinical trial (Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology)
Examination of safety and efficacy of a brief cognitive dual-task (using eye movements) module to treatment as usual (TAU) in reducing the severity and frequency of intrusive suicidal mental images and suicidal ideation.
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How do clients experience intensive EMDR for post-traumatic stress? An interpretive phenomenological analysis (European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation)
This qualitative study explores the experiences of patients who undertook intensive EMDR for post-traumatic stress.
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The effect of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy on reducing craving in populations with substance use disorder: A meta-analysis (Brain Sciences)
This study aims to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of EMDR therapy on craving reduction in individuals with substance use disorder (SUD).
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Systematic review and meta-analysis: Do best-evidenced trauma-focused interventions for children and young people with PTSD lead to changes in social and interpersonal domains? (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
This study examined whether PTSD treatments of TF-CBT and EMDR therapy for children and young people aged 5–25 improve social or interpersonal factors in RCTs.
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Family therapy and EMDR after child abuse and neglect: Moderating effects of child attachment style and PTSD symptoms on treatment outcome (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
This study examined whether attachment style and PTSD symptoms acted as moderators for treatment outcomes of a new integrative treatment model for trauma and attachment in which family therapy is combined with EMDR.
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Political and Social Stress and EMDR therapy
EMDRIA member Viviana Urdaneta Melo discusses the stress of political and social division and shares ways that clients and EMDR therapists can care for themselves amid the stress.
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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in preterm children with selective mutism (BMJ Case Reports)
This is the first case report of early childhood EMDR therapy to treat selective mutism in ex-premature infants.
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The effectiveness of a remote intensive trauma-focused treatment programme for PTSD (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
This study aims to assess the effectiveness of a remote intensive treatment programme in reducing symptoms of PTSD, general psychiatric symptoms, symptoms of depression, and the interference of PTSD symptoms in daily life among individuals diagnosed with PTSD.
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Duration of effect in treatment of methotrexate intolerance in juvenile idiopathic arthritis using eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) can be improved by Bi-lateral Alternating Stimulation Tactile (BLAST) wristbands (Pediatric Rheumatology)
The aim of this study was to determine if utilization of BLAST wristbands could improve and prolong the effect of EMDR on patients with MTX intolerance.
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Improving infant mental health: A pilot study on the effectiveness, acceptability and feasibility of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) storytelling in infants with post-traumatic distress after medical procedures (Evaluation & the Health Professions)
This article aims to assess the effectiveness of EMDR Storytelling for infants aged 3-24 months with PTSD symptoms after medical procedures.
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