To predict, prevent, and manage post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): A review of pathophysiology, treatment and biomarkers (International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
This review highlights the current literature regarding the pathophysiology, disease development models, treatment modalities, and preventive models from a public health perspective, and discusses the current state of biomarker research.
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Treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: A state of the art review (Current Neuropharmacology)
This narrative review describes the progress in the understanding and treatment of PTSD.
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (Medical Clinics of North America)
This article explores recommended treatments for PTSD, including touching on the efficacy of EMDR.
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Safety, feasibility, and efficacy of EMDR Therapy in adults with PTSD and mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning and mental health problems: A multiple baseline study (Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities)
EMDR therapy was found to be safe, feasible, and (potentially) efficacious in decreasing PTSD symptoms for adults with MID-BIF.
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Efficacy of virtual reality exposure therapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy on symptoms of acrophobia and anxiety sensitivity in adolescent girls: A randomized controlled trial (Frontiers in Psychology)
Study shows that virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) and EMDR can improve symptoms of acrophobia & anxiety in female adolescents.
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Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing: Part 2 – wider use in stress and trauma conditions (BJPsych Advances)
This article discusses the application of EMDR beyond PTSD with other mental and physical health conditions.
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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Part 1 – theory, procedure and use in PTSD (BJPsych Advances)
This article reviews theory behind how EMDR works, evidence supporting its use in the treatment of PTSD & its indications/contraindications.
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Can working memory account for EMDR efficacy in PTSD? (Preprint, BMC Psychology)
We examined whether the working memory (WM) hypothesis would provide an explanation for the beneficial effect of bilateral stimulation.
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Sensorimotor interaction against trauma (Frontiers in Neuroscience)
Our central hypothesis is that the triadic principle of feedback-synchrony-plasticity governs the adaptive capacity of the body-brain system.
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What Do We Know About EMDR Therapy Research? A Bibliometric Analysis (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Methods of bibliometric analysis are applied to publications on eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy research.
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The effectiveness of eye movement desensitization for post-traumatic stress disorder in Indonesia: A randomized controlled trial (Frontiers in Psychology)
EMD saw reductions in PTSD, anxiety and depression, and improvements in quality of life, though eye movements did not add to the efficacy.
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Efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing on the pain intensity and subjective distress of patients with cancer: A randomized controlled trial within 24-month follow-up (Armaghan-e-Danesh)
Evaluating the effect of desensitization with eye movements and reprocessing on pain intensity in cancer patients with 24-month follow-up.
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