Efficacy Archives

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).

Treatments of posttraumatic stress disorder in civilian populations (Current Psychiatry Reports)

This review examines treatment of PTSD and its symptom clusters exclusively in civilian populations, which have been historically under-examined in the literature.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for adults with intellectual disabilities: Process issues from an acceptability study (Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities)

This study investigates process issues in the implementation of EMDR from perspectives of multiple stakeholders.

Neurobiological foundations of EMDR therapy (Springer, 2019)

Marco Pagani and Livia Sani describe the neurobiology of PTSD and brain areas affected pre and post EMDR treatment in EEG imaging.

Post-traumatic stress disorder (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence)

National guidance for the management of PTSD in England, published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Recommendations include EMDR therapy as treatment in various contexts throughout the guidance.

Eye-movement intervention enhances extinction via amygdala deactivation (Journal of Neuroscience)

This article “demonstrates that goal-directed eye-movements, like working-memory tasks, deactivate the amygdala, the core neural substrate of fear learning.”