Efficacy Archives

Positive side effects in trauma-focusing PTSD treatment: Reduction of attendant symptoms and enhancement of affective and structural regulation (Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy)

Trauma-focusing treatments such as EMDR are highly effective in reducing the core symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Australian guidelines for the prevention and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: Updates in the third edition (Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry)

Australian guidelines for the prevention and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: Updates in the third edition This paper describes the development of the third…

Trauma-focused treatments for depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis (PLoS ONE)

This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the effectiveness of trauma-focused treatments for individuals with depression.

EMDR therapy and research: What have we got right and what can we improve? (EMDR UK EMDR Therapy Quarterly)

Woolliscroft reports on Lee’s 2021 EMDR Europe conference keynote address where he criticized EMDR research and suggested improvements.

Meta-analysis of the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder in adults with comorbid severe mental illness (The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry)

This study evaluated the efficacy of psychosocial treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among individuals with a comorbid severe mental illness.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

This review summarizes the evidence of EMDR for depression, which shows that one-third of people with depression could benefit from EMDR.

How memory switches brain responses of patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (Cerebral Cortex Communications)

This study used fMRI and a novel correlation-based approach to show that PTSD patients exhibit opposing brain responses to traumatic versus daily memories, with these discrepancies lessening after successful EMDR therapy.

Is EMDR effective in treatment of PTSD? (Evidence-Based Practice)

A 2018 meta-analysis of 14 RCTs compared the efficacy of CBT versus EMDR in relieving posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Efficacy of EMDR Therapy on the Pain Intensity and Subjective Distress of Cancer Patients (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Study to investigate the efficacy of EMDR therapy in treating pain and subjective distress of patients with cancer.

Clinical efficacy of EMDR in unipolar depression: Changes in theta cordance (Psychiatry Research)

EMDR may be efficacious in treating unipolar depression. The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex Theta Cordance may be linked to depression.

The Current Status of EMDR Therapy, Specific Target Areas, and Goals for the Future (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

There are differences as to how various international treatment guidelines judge the strength of the EMDR evidence base.

A randomized controlled trial comparing the clinical efficacy and cost-effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and integrated EMDR-dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT) in the treatment of patients with post-traumatic stress disorder and comorbid (sub)clinical borderline personality disorder: Study design (BioMed Central Psychiatry)

Clinical efficacy and cost-effectiveness of integrated EMDR-Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for PTSD and Borderline Personality Disorder.

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