Efficacy Archives

Verbal suggestions fail to modulate expectations about the effectiveness of a laboratory model of EMDR therapy: Results of two preregistered studies (Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry)

Study results suggest the effects of verbal suggestions about treatment effectiveness in a laboratory model of EMDR therapy may be limited.

Effectiveness of EMDR for decreasing symptoms of over-arousal: A meta-analysis (Journal of Counseling & Development)

Comparing effectiveness of EMDR in the treatment of over-arousal, anxiety and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

EMDR therapy for PTSD symptoms in patients with mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning and comordid psychotic disorder: A case series (Research in Developmental Disabilities)

First study to investigate EMDR therapy for PTSD in patients with MID-BIF and a comorbid psychotic disorder.

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.

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