Efficacy Archives

APA clinical practice guideline for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults (American Psychological Association)

Guideline for the treatment of PTSD published by the American Psychological Association.

Effectiveness of an intensive outpatient treatment programme combining prolonged exposure and EMDR therapy for adolescents and young adults with PTSD in a naturalistic setting (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

This study assessed the results of a six-day intensive outpatient trauma-focused treatment programme for young individuals (12-25 years) with PTSD, utilizing EMDR therapy, prolonged exposure, social supports, and physical activity.

Optimization of video stimuli parameters in EMDR therapy using artificial neural networks for enhanced treatment efficacy (Applied Sciences)

This study addresses the gap between the proven efficacy of EMDR in alleviating symptoms of depression and stress, but a remaining need for optimized parameters for video stimuli such as speed, distance, and size.

Post-traumatic stress disorder: Evolving conceptualization and evidence, and future research directions (World Psychiatry)

This paper reviews the evolving concepts of PTSD, complex PTSD, treatment strategies including EMDR therapy, and interventions across time-limited settings and cultural contexts.

Eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in the 21st century (Routledge, 2024)

This chapter gives an overview of EMDR therapy discussing that EMDR treats the whole person – their cognitions, their emotions, their body, and their stored traumatic memories.

Trauma resolution: A healing journey through EMDR therapy (Springer, 2024)

This chapter on EMDR therapy appears in an edited book offering an integrative and evidence-based practice approach to training in psychotherapy, examining common factors across different therapeutic models seen through an attachment theory lens.

The efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing treatment for depression: A meta-analysis and meta-regression of randomized controlled trials (Journal of Clinical Medicine)

This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to evaluate the efficacy of EMDR in treating depression and to identify the variables influencing its effectiveness.

Factors influencing quality of processing in EMDR therapy (Frontiers in Psychology)

This study presents a preliminary analysis of a new instrument oriented at the analysis of processing in EMDR trauma therapy, the Processing Difficulties Scale (PDS).

Eye movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR) therapy as a rapid therapeutic method for psychological trauma and other mental health disorders: A critical review (International Journal for Psychotherapy in Africa)

This paper examines the effect of EMDR therapy as a rapid therapeutic method for the treatment of psychological trauma.

Cost-effectiveness analysis of the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder related to childhood abuse: Comparison of phase-based treatment and direct trauma-focused treatment (Frontiers in Psychology)

This study compared the cost-effectiveness of a phased-based treatment approach with direct trauma-focused treatment in patients with PTSD and a history of childhood abuse.

Individual treatment selection for patients with post-traumatic stress disorder: External validation of a personalised advantage index (Psychotherapy Research)

This study explores the option of machine learning models to recommend types of PTSD treatment to patients based on potential individual differences, and highlights the need for external validation of machine learning models.

The evolution and future of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy (BJPsych Advances)

This article discusses EMDR therapy’s underlying model, adaptive information processing (AIP), treatment categories within EMDR, and EMDR training and credentialing.

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