Efficacy Archives

Guidelines for the management of conditions specifically related to stress (World Health Organization)

International guidance for the management of conditions related to the occurrence of a major stressful event.

Assessment and management of conditions specifically related to stress: mhGAP intervention guide module (World Health Organization and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)

WHO and UNHCR international assessment module for guiding treatment of conditions specifically related to stress.

Cognitive behaviour therapy versus eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for post-traumatic disorder – Is it all in the homework then? (European Review of Applied Psychology)

The aim of the present meta-analysis was to determine whether there are any differences between these two treatments with respect to efficacy and efficiency in treating PTSD.

Neurobiological correlates of EMDR monitoring – an EEG study (PLOS One)

Electroencephalography (EEG) imaging was used to fully monitor neuronal activation throughout EMDR sessions to observe neurobiological patterns of brain activations.

Pre- intra- and post-treatment eeg imaging of EMDR – neurobiological bases of treatment efficacy (European Psychiatry)

Electroencephalography was used for the first time to fully monitor neuronal activation during whole EMDR sessions.

Comparison of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing with citalopram in treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice)

Study to investigate the efficacy of EMDR compared with medication by citalopram in treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD).

A controlled comparison of the effectiveness and efficiency of two psychological therapies for posttraumatic stress disorder: Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing vs. emotional freedom techniques (The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease)

First ever controlled comparison between EMDR and emotional freedom techniques (EFT) for posttraumatic stress disorder.

Reducing vividness and emotional intensity of recurrent “flash-forward” by taxing working memory: An analogue study (Journal of Anxiety Disorders)

This study examined whether eye movements affect recurrent, intrusive visual images about potential future catastrophes (“flashforwards”) in a sample of female undergraduates.

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.

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.

EMDR effects on pursuit eye movements (PLoS ONE)

This study aimed to objectivize the quality of smooth pursuit eye movements in a standard laboratory task before and after EMDR.

Comparative efficacy of EMDR and alternative procedures in reducing the vividness of mental images (Scandinavian Journal of Behaviour Therapy)

The relative efficacy (to simpler procedures) of EMDR for reduction of the vividness of memories was investigated in a non-clinical sample.

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