Targeted memory reactivation to augment treatment in post-traumatic stress disorder (Current Biology)

This study applied targeted memory reactivation (TMR) to patients during sleep after receiving EMDR therapy session.

Polyvagal-Informed EMDR Therapy

Podcast episode with EMDR Certified Therapist, Consultant and Trainer Rebecca Kase discussing polyvagal-informed EMDR therapy.

Distinct saliva DNA methylation profiles in relation to treatment outcome in youth with posttraumatic stress disorder (Translational Psychiatry)

This study investigated the link between epigenetic mechanisms like the DNA methylation genes and previously associated biological mechanisms with treatment outcome.

Apples and oranges: PTSD patients and healthy individuals are not comparable in their subjective and physiological responding to emotion induction and bilateral stimulation (Frontiers in Psychology)

This study compared the response of patients with and without PTSD to bilateral stimulation in areas of emotion, cognition, and physiological response.

Psychological therapy for functional neurological disorder: Examining impact on dissociation, psychological distress and general functioning (Journal of Trauma and Dissociation)

This study explored the dissociative profile of patients with functional neurological disorder (FND) and evaluated whether individual psychological therapy improved dissociative symptoms, psychological distress and general functioning.

Visual EMDR stimulation mitigates acute varied stress effects on morphology of hippocampal neurons in male Wistar rats (Frontiers in Psychiatry)

This study looked at “the potential of EMDR as a neuroprotective intervention in mitigating stress-related hippocampal alterations.”

Eye movement intervention facilitates concurrent perception and memory processing (Cerebral Cortex)

This article utilized EEG scans to look at neural activity during eye movements and suggested information facilitation is important in EMDR therapy.

Eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (Routledge, 2024)

This chapter illustrates similarities in EMDR and memory reconsolidation, in Unlocking the emotional brain: Memory reconsolidation and the psychotherapy of transformational change.

EMDR: dispelling the false memory creation myth in response to Otgaar et al. (2022a) (Frontiers in Psychology)

This paper examines an article by Otgaar et al. (2022a) which claims that psychotherapy can induce false memories of trauma.

Autonomic nervous system function before and after trauma-focused psychotherapy in youth with (partial) posttraumatic stress disorder (Psychoneuroendocrinology)

This article looks at the correlation between trauma-focused psychotherapy including EMDR therapy and alterations in the autonomic nervous system (ANS) in children and adolescents aged 8-18.

DNA methylation changes in association with trauma-focused psychotherapy efficacy in treatment-resistant depression patients: A prospective longitudinal study (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

This article looks at the effects of trauma-focused psychotherapy on DNA methylation alterations.

B-97 the occipital lobe’s involvement in trauma and treatment: A neuropsychological perspective (Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology)

Explores relationships between the occipital lobe and trauma responses to integrate neuropsychological interventions in treating trauma symptoms.