Potential of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (Psychological Research and Behavior Management)
Recently, research attention has been focused on the types of memory processes involved in PTSD and hypothesized neurobiological processes.
Corrélats de la thérapie EMDR en neuroimagerie fonctionnelle et structurelle : un résumé critique des résultats récents (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Les investigations en neuroimagerie sur les effets des psychothérapies qui traitent l’état de stress post-traumatique (ESPT), dont l’EMDR…
Neurobiology and treatment of traumatic dissociation: Towards and embodied self (Springer, 2014)
A neurobiological model that accounts for the therapeutic effects of somatic therapies and EMDR, with two chapters specific to EMDR.
Blurring of emotional and non-emotional memories by taxing working memory during recall (Cognition and Emotion)
This study tested whether recalling memories while performing eye movements (which tax working memory) would blur memories more than recall alone, and found that this effect reduced the vividness of negative (but not neutral) memories.
Eye movements during recall of aversive memory decreases conditioned fear (Behaviour Research and Therapy)
This study found that imagining a feared stimulus while doing eye movements can reduce learned fear responses.
EMDR and the relational imperative: The therapeutic relationship in EMDR treatment (Routledge, 2013)
The subtle nuances of the therapeutic relationship and the vital role it plays in using EMDR with traumatized clients.
Brain Activity Measured With Near-Infrared Spectroscopy During EMDR Treatment of Phantom Limb Pain (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Client with phantom limb pain (PLP) treated by EMDR measured by near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) throughout therapeutic session.
EMDR therapy modulates the default mode network in a subsyndromal, traumatized bipolar patient (Neuropsychobiology)
EMDR therapy clinical trial of bipolar patient shows improvement in subsyndromal affective symptoms during n-back working memory task.EMDR therapy clinical trial of bipolar patient shows improvement in subsyndromal affective symptoms during n-back working memory task.
Methodological aspects of cognitive rehabilitation with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) (Basic and Clinical Neuroscience)
A study of the methodological neurobiological aspects of cognitive rehabilitation when using EMDR therapy.
Correlates of EMDR Therapy in Functional and Structural Neuroimaging: A Critical Summary of Recent Findings (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Results of neurobiological functional and structural changes taking place at PTSD treatment, presented 1999–2012 by various research groups.
A Commentary on Hornsveld et al. (2011): A Valid Test of Resource Development and Installation? Absolutely Not (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Evidence supporting “working memory” & “REM/Orienting Response” hypotheses as mechanisms of treatment effects of EMDR on patients with PTSD.
