What psychological testing and neuroimaging tell us about the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (Journal of Anxiety Disorders)

Study on the pathophysiology and treatment of PTSD before/after EMDR through psychological testing, Rorschach Ink Blot, and neuroimaging.

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Speculations on the neurobiology of EMDR (Traumatology)

A discussion exploring current neurobiological findings in the areas of the limbic system, REM-sleep and psychological trauma circa 1998.

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The psychobiology of traumatic memory: Clinical implications of neuroimaging studies (Annals of the New York Academy of Science)

The emerging body of knowledge from neuroimaging studies has prompted a focus on how extreme emotional arousal leads to a failure of the central nervous system to synthesize interpretation of incoming sensory information. Areas of the brain implicated are the amygdala, hippocampus, corpus callosum, anterior cingulate, and prefrontal cortex.

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An orienting response model of eye movement desensitization (Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry)

Theoretical proposals evaluating the orienting response (OR) as a mechanism of action for EMDR therapy circa 1996.

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