Efficacy Archives

Efficacy of EMDR Therapy for Anxiety Disorders (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Six randomized controlled trials investigated the efficacy of EMDR therapy for adults with anxiety disorders over a span of 20 years.

EMDR’s Efficacy for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This article evaluates EMDR therapy for individuals with a diagnosis of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).

A Clinician’s Guide to the Efficacy of EMDR Therapy

Volume 13, Issue 4 of the Journal of EMDR Practice and Research (JEMDR) is conceptualized as a guide for clinicians, including articles about the use of EMDR therapy across a range of populations, diagnoses, and symptom clusters.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in adults with serious mental illness within forensic and rehabilitation services: A study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (Trials)

EMDR for PTSD in people with serious mental illness in either forensic, mental health inpatient, or custodial settings.

Editorial: Present and future of EMDR in clinical psychology and psychotherapy (Frontiers)

This editorial summarizes an increasing scientific and clinical interest in EMDR within the psychological and psychiatric fields world-wide.

A guide to guidelines for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder in adults: An update (Psychotherapy)

This article describes key methodological points for 5 recently released clinical practice guidelines on the treatment of PTSD in adults.

Poor quality in systematic reviews on PTSD and EMDR – an examination of search methodology and reporting (Frontiers in Psychology)

This study evaluated the quality of systematic reviews by analyzing how they perform and report, using EMDR therapy as an example.

PTSD prevention and treatment guidelines methodology and recommendations (International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies)

Guideline for the treatment of adults, children, and adolescents at risk of developing PTSD or Complex PTSD published by the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.

Scientific evaluation of EMDR psychotherapy for the treatment of psychological trauma summary: Scientific evaluation of EMDR psychotherapy (Journal of Neurology & Neuromedicine)

This paper is a current review of the scientific validation steps of EMDR psychotherapy and its mechanisms of action.

Integrating EMDR in psychotherapy (Journal of Psychotherapy Integration)

This article looks at common objectives that EMDR therapy shares with most psychotherapy approaches to enhance metacognitive skills.

Clinical efficacy of trauma-focused psychotherapies in treatment-resistant depression (TRD) in-patients. A randomized, controlled pilot-study (Psychiatry Research)

Pilot trial evaluated whether trauma-focused cognitive-behavioural therapy (TF-CBT) or EMDR can help treatment-resistant depression patients.

Summary of the clinical practice guideline for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults (American Psychologist)

This article is a summary of the American Psychological Association clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

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