Efficacy Archives

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.

Efficacy of psychological interventions on depression anxiety and somatization in migrants: A meta-analysis (Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health)

Metanalysis to test the efficacy of psychological treatments on the depressive, anxiety and somatization symptoms on refugees/asylum seekers.

Feasibility and potential effectiveness of an intensive trauma-focused treatment programme for families with PTSD and mild intellectual disability (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

EMDR therapy for persons with mild intellectual disabilities or borderline intellectual functioning with PTSD.

Empirically supported psychological treatments: EMDR therapy (Oxford, 2020)

This chapter provides an overview of the current empirical support for EMDR therapy for PTSD.

Empirically Supported Psychological Treatments: EMDR Therapy (Oxford Academic, 2020)

The scientific support for EMDR’s efficacy is reviewed in comparison with trauma-focused comparator, as well as its mechanism of action.

Verbal suggestions about treatment effectiveness do not modulate the effectiveness of a laboratory model of EMDR therapy: Results of two preregistered studies (PsyArXiv Preprints)

These findings corroborate the results of earlier reports, suggesting that the role of treatment expectations in EMDR therapy may be limited.

A FLASH OF HOPE: Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy (Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience)

The 8 fundamental processes of EMDR are illustrated through a composite case vignette and relevant research regarding its efficacy for PTSD.

Cost-effectiveness of psychological treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder in adults (PLOS ONE)

This guideline was developed by an independent multi-disciplinary group of clinical academics, health professionals and service user and care representatives with expertise and experience in the field of PTSD. The guideline informed the updating of national guidance for the management of PTSD in England, published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). A number of interventions appear to be cost-effective for the management of PTSD in adults. EMDR appears to be the most cost-effective amongst them.

Treating implicit trauma: A quasi-experimental study comparing the EMDR therapy standard protocol with a ‘Blind 2 Therapist’ version within a trauma capacity building project in Northern Iraq (Journal of International Humanitarian Action)

This paper explores the effectiveness of two variations of EMDR Therapy: standard protocol vs. ‘Blind 2 Therapist’ protocol in Northern Iraq.

The effects of eye movements and alternative dual tasks on the vividness and emotionality of negative autobiographical memories: A meta-analysis of laboratory studies (Journal of Experimental Psychopathology)

A meta-analysis of lab studies that compared the effects of eye movements and/or alternative dual tasks (e.g., counting) on the vividness and emotionality of negative autobiographical memories.

Psychological therapies for post-traumatic stress disorder in adults: Systematic review and meta-analysis (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

An increase in RCTs of psychological therapies for PTSD results in a more confident recommendation of EMDR as a first-line treatment.

Addiction-focused eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy as an adjunct to regular outpatient treatment for alcohol use disorder: Results from a randomized clinical trial (Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research)

Feasibility, safety, and efficacy of addiction-focused eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (AF-EMDR) treatment.

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