Efficacy Archives

Eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (Routledge, 2024)

This chapter illustrates similarities in EMDR and memory reconsolidation, in Unlocking the emotional brain: Memory reconsolidation and the psychotherapy of transformational change.

Psychotherapies at a glance: Consensus guideline-recommended psychotherapies for adults with psychiatric disorders (The American Journal of Psychotherapy)

A psychotherapy tool (Psychotherapies-at-a-Glance) that evaluates and compares evidence-based psychotherapies (EBPs) including EMDR therapy for teaching, treatment planning, and client discourse.

The management of posttraumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder: Synopsis of the 2023 U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U. S. Department of Defense clinical practice guideline (Annals of Internal Medicine)

This article summarizes the 2023 clinical practice guideline (CPG) and discusses assessments and treatments for which evidence was sufficient to support a recommendation for or against. Recommendations are given for EMDR therapy as psychotherapy treatment for PTSD.

The working mechanisms of imagery rescripting and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Findings from a randomised controlled trial (Behaviour Research and Therapy)

This study provides insight into the working mechanisms of imagery rescripting and EMDR.

Mixed-methods randomised study exploring the feasibility and acceptability of eye-movement desensitisation and reprocessing for improving the mental health of traumatised survivors of intensive care following hospital discharge: protocol (BMJ Open)

“This study assesses the feasibility and acceptability of using eye-movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) to improve the mental health of ICU survivors.”

State of the science: Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy (Journal of Traumatic Stress)

This article describes the current state of the evidence for EMDR therapy, the empirical support for EMDR for PTSD, complex PTSD and comorbidities as well as cross-cultural applications.

Evaluating Outcomes and Experience of Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Through a National Health Service Trust’s Staff Support Service (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This service evaluation offers preliminary support for the use of EMDR as a useful intervention for healthcare professionals.

Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) guideline for mental, neurological and substance use disorders (World Health Organization)

International guidance for the management of mental, neurological and substance use (MNS) conditions. Recommendations include EMDR therapy as treatment for conditions related to stress.

The effectiveness, efficiency, and acceptability of EMDR vs. EMDR 2.0 vs. the Flash technique in the treatment of patients with PTSD: Study protocol for the ENHANCE randomized controlled trial (Frontiers in Psychiatry)

The purpose of the current study is to determine the differential effectiveness, efficiency, and acceptability of EMDR therapy, an adaptation of EMDR therapy, referred to as EMDR 2.0, and a novel intervention for PTSD, the so-called Flash technique.

Psychological support for earthquake survivors in Turkey and Syria (Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock)

This article highlights the need for coordinated efforts of multiple organizations to help provide relief in the wake of environmental disasters, including mental health services like EMDR therapy.

Feasibility and efficacy of addiction-focused eye movement desensitization reprocessing in adults with substance use disorder (Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work)

A two-arm RCT design with an experimental group (AF-EMDR + cognitive behavioral therapy [CBT]) and a control group (CBT Only).

Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing: Part 3 – applications in physical health conditions (BJPsych Advances)

This article reviews other research and discusses the application of EMDR beyond PTSD with physical health conditions.

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