Neural correlates of treatment effect and prediction of treatment outcome in patients with PTSD and comorbid personality disorder: Study design (Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation)
Description of protocol for a neuroimaging study of treatment of patients with PTSD and comorbid borderline (BPD) or cluster C (CPD) personality disorder traits.
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Courage, Neurobiology, and EMDR Therapy
Leaning forward into adversity takes courage. Research now shows how the brain may actually reward this courage. Vision and stress researcher Dr. Andrew Huberman discusses a link between stepping forward to encounter the world and lateral back and forth eye movements.
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The Role of the Thalamus in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
Mini literature review on the potential contribution of the thalamus to the pathogenesis of PTSD & the validation of therapeutic approaches.
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Clinical efficacy of EMDR in unipolar depression: Changes in theta cordance (Psychiatry Research)
EMDR may be efficacious in treating unipolar depression. The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex Theta Cordance may be linked to depression.
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Trauma-focused psychotherapy response in youth with posttraumatic stress disorder is associated with changes in insula volume (Journal of Psychiatric Research)
Study on the relationship between treatment response and alternations in brain structures associated with PTSD in children and adolescents.
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MOSAIC: A new pain-free psychotherapy for psychological trauma (The American Journal of Psychotherapy)
Through BAS and bodily sensations, MOSAIC therapy aims to enrich the traumatic memory neuronal network with new information.
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Cognitive Function Assessment of a Patient With PTSD Before and After EMDR Treatment (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Case study investigates whether successful psychotherapy for PTSD symptoms will also ameliorate cognitive deficits.
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Recent Neural Findings: The Dormant Potential of the Body Scan
This seminar integrates data regarding the Default Mode Network and the Mirror Neuron System with a specific focus on the body scan.
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A multifaceted case-vignette integrating neurofeedback and EMDR in the treatment of complex PTSD (European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 2020)
The methods of neurofeedback and EMDR in relation to a short-time treatment of a patient with complex PTSD and dissociative disorder.
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Empirically Supported Psychological Treatments: EMDR Therapy (Oxford Academic, 2020)
The scientific support for EMDR’s efficacy is reviewed in comparison with trauma-focused comparator, as well as its mechanism of action.
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Trauma, treatment and Tetris: video gaming increases hippocampal volume in male patients with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience)
A neuroimaging study to assess Tetris in patients with existing PTSD or explored how playing Tetris may affect brain structure.
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Involvement of the cerebellum in EMDR efficiency: a metabolic connectivity PET study in PTSD (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
The posterior cerebellum and its metabolic connectivity with the precuneus are involved in the clinical efficiency of EMDR in PTSD.
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