Mechanisms of Action Archives

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.

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

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

Mini literature review on the potential contribution of the thalamus to the pathogenesis of PTSD & the validation of therapeutic approaches.

We studied how working memory is integrated across hemifields by recording neural activity bilaterally from lateral prefrontal cortex.

EMDR may be efficacious in treating unipolar depression. The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex Theta Cordance may be linked to depression.

Study on the relationship between treatment response and alternations in brain structures associated with PTSD in children and adolescents.

Case study investigates whether successful psychotherapy for PTSD symptoms will also ameliorate cognitive deficits.

Tinnitus is a common and distressing symptom affecting at least 10% of the population. There are many proposed therapies.

Explore whether EMDR therapy is a technique/procedure within a psychotherapy practice or a comprehensive/distinct psychotherapy approach.

The aim of the current study was to evaluate eye movements during the retrieval of remote and recent autobiographical memories.

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