Mechanisms of Action Archives

Targeting craving with EMDR therapy: Future directions (Addictive Behaviors)

This paper discusses the effects of addiction-focused EMDR therapy based on insights from working memory, and evidence of underlying EMDR mechanisms.

Neuroimaging in post-traumatic stress disorder: A narrative review (Archives of Medical Science)

The aim of this review is to provide a comprehensive exploration of the epidemiology, symptoms, and ramifications of PTSD, supplemented by insights gleaned from neuroimaging investigations.

The effect of eye movement desensitization on neurocognitive functioning compared to retrieval-only in PTSD patients: A randomized controlled trial (BMC Psychiatry)

This study examined whether Eye Movement Desensitization (EMD) improves neurocognitive functioning in PTSD patients, in comparison with a retrieval-only control condition without EMs.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A pilot blinded, randomized study of stimulation type (Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics)

PTSD patients received EMDR with 3 different stimulations: intermittent alternating right-left, intermittent simultaneous bilateral & continuous bilateral.

A systematic review exploring the role of eye movements in EMDR therapy from a working memory perspective (EMDR UK EMDR Therapy Quarterly)

A review of EMDR therapy mechanisms of action discussing eye movements (EMs) and working memory.

Eye-movement replay supports episodic remembering (Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences)

When we bring to mind something we have seen before, our eyes move in a sequential pattern very similar to the original encounter.

Individual prediction of trauma-focused psychotherapy response in youth with posttraumatic stress disorder using resting-state functional connectivity (NeuroImage: Clinical)

Study of biomarkers are available to assist clinicians in identifying youth with PTSD who are most likely to benefit from treatment.

The effectiveness of dual-task interventions for modulating emotional memories in the laboratory: A meta-analysis (Acta Psychologica)

This meta-analysis assessed the effects of dual-task interventions on negative and positive memories.

The effect of EMDR versus EMDR 2.0 on emotionality and vividness of aversive memories in a non-clinical sample (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

Hypothesis that EMDR 2.0 is more efficacious than standard EMDR and show a greater decrease in emotionality/vividness than standard EMDR.

Good vibrations: Bilateral tactile stimulation decreases startle magnitude during negative imagination and increases skin conductance response for positive imagination in an affective startle reflex paradigm (European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation)

Testing the physiological and psychological mechanisms of bilateral stimuli while recalling traumatic memories in healthy subjects.

A Model for the Flash Technique Based on Working Memory and Neuroscience Research (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Research has shown that the Flash Technique (FT) appears to reduce memory-related disturbance and may reduce symptoms of PTSD.

Does trauma-focused psychotherapy change the brain? A systematic review of neural correlates of therapeutic gains in PTSD (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

A systematic literature search of studies employing structural or functional MRI measurements before & after treatment of patients with PTSD.

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