EMDR Early Intervention Archives

EMDR intervention after a disaster: The Morandi Bridge collapse (Emergency Care Journal)

Survivors were treated with the EMDR Recent Traumatic Episode Protocol (R-TEP), resulting in reduced Impact of Event Scale-Revised scores.

Early psychological intervention following recent trauma: A systematic review and meta-analysis (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

Early psychological interventions aim to prevent chronic difficulties. Findings for CBT-T, EMDR, and cognitive therapy without exposure were judged as clinically important.

The EMDR recent birth trauma protocol: A pilot randomized clinical trial after traumatic childbirth (Psychology and Health)

This pilot study investigated the effectiveness of brief EMDR intervention compared to treatment-as-usual in women with post-partum PTSD.

The Efficacy of EMDR Early Interventions (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

An overview of posttraumatic response and explains the value of early treatment in reducing/eliminating symptoms of distress.

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.

Do early interventions prevent PTSD? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the safety and efficacy of early interventions after sexual assault (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

Findings suggest that early interventions can lead to durable effects on PTSD severity after sexual assault.

Multiple session early psychological interventions for the prevention of post-traumatic stress disorder (Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews)

The review found some beneficial effects early psychological interventions to prevent PTSD, certainty was low due to the risk of bias.

PTSD, immunoglobulins, and cortisol changes after the provision of the EMDR – PRECI to females patients with cancer-related PTSD diagnosis (American Journal of Applied Psychology)

This study posited that EMDR-PRECI could be an efficient/effective part of a psychosocial approach to reduce cancer-related PTSD symptoms.

Early intervention with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy to reduce the severity of posttraumatic stress symptoms in recent rape victims: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

This RCT examines the efficacy of early EMDR therapy aimed to reduce the severity of posttraumatic stress symptoms in victims of recent rape.

Randomized Controlled Trial: EMDR Early Intervention With and Without Eye Movements for Learned Helplessness State (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Learned helplessness (LH) is a psychological trait which occurs after repeated exposure to aversive and uncontrollable situations.

EMDR Group Treatment of Children Refugees—A Field Study (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

The growth in refugees fleeing from persecution, terrorism, and war-torn countries, there is an urgent need for therapeutic interventions.

Randomized controlled clinical trial on the provision of the EMDR-PRECI to family caregivers of patients with autism spectrum disorder (Psychology and Behavioral Science International Journal)

This study suggest that EMDR-PRECI is effective treatment for PTSD/anxiety/depression in family caregivers to patients with autism.

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