Comparative Studies Archives

The Efficacy of EMDR in the Treatment of Depression (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Efficacy of EMDR psychotherapy in treating major depressive disorder by processing past or present trauma affecting the quality of life.

Evaluating the Efficacy of EMDR With Grieving Individuals: A Randomized Control Trial (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This study compared the effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) with an integrated cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) intervention for grief.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy v. stabilisation as usual for refugees: Randomised controlled trial (The British Journal of Psychiatry)

A study to determine the safety and efficacy of EMDR vs. stabilisation as usual in an adult refugee population with PTSD, an RCT.

Effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy integrated with systematic desensitization, cognitive behavioral therapy combined with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy combined with virtual reality exposure therapy methods in the treatment of flight anxiety: A randomized trial (Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment)

Comparing effectiveness of treatments for fear of flying: CBT with systematic desensitization, CBT with EMDR, and CBT with virtual reality.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing versus cognitive-behavioral therapy for adult posttraumatic stress disorder: Systematic review and meta-analysis (The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease)

Meta-analysis looking at the effectiveness of EMDR compared to CBT for adult PTSD.

REM desensitization as a new therapeutic method for post-traumatic stress disorder: A randomized controlled trial (Acta Medica Indonesiana)

Study aimed to evaluate rapid eye movement (REM) desensitization as a new therapeutic approach in PTSD in comparison with EMDR.

Prolonged exposure vs eye movement desensitization and reprocessing vs waiting list for posttraumatic stress disorder in patients with a psychotic disorder: A randomized clinical trial (Journal of American Medical Association Psychiatry)

Efficacy and safety of prolonged exposure (PE) therapy and EMDR therapy in patients with psychotic disorders and comorbid PTSD.

EMDR i terapia poznawczo-zachowawcza w leczeniu zespołu lęku napadowego: porównanie (EMDR – badania i praktyka)

Badanie porównawcze skuteczności terapii EMDR i CBT u pacjentów z ZespołemLęku napadowego z/bez agorafobii.

“Tackling trauma to overcome OCD resistance” (The TTOOR Florence trial): Efficacy of EMDR plus CBT versus CBT alone for inpatients with resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder. Protocol for a randomized comparative outcome trial (American Journal of Applied Psychology)

A randomized comparative outcome trial on inpatients with treatment-resistant OCD comparing EMDR+CBT to intensive brief CBT.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing as an Adjunctive Treatment of Unipolar Depression: A Controlled Study (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Patients with unipolar primary depression were treated with CBT or CBT & EMDR. Patients treated with adjunctive EMDR saw additional benefit.

Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy or eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: What works in children with posttraumatic stress symptoms? A randomized controlled trial (European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)

Forty-eight children (8–18 years) were randomly assigned to eight sessions of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy or EMDR.

EMDR and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in the Treatment of Panic Disorder: A Comparison (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Comparison of two treatments for panic disorder: eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) & cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).

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