Psychological and brain connectivity changes following trauma-focused CBT and EMDR treatment in single-episode PTSD patients (Frontiers in Psychology)
Neuroimaging data suggest a similar clinical improvement following EMDR and TF-CBT, with changes of bilateral temporal pole connectivity.
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In the News: Brains That Learn Not to Fear
EMDR therapy is featured in these recent Nature journal articles discussing new findings on brain mechanisms of fear extinction. Learn more in this edition of In the News.
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Fear extinction learning improvement in PTSD after EMDR therapy: an fMRI study (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
Participants underwent a behavioural fear conditioning and extinction paradigm during functional magnetic resonance (fMRI).
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Neurobiological foundations of EMDR therapy (Springer, 2019)
Marco Pagani and Livia Sani describe the neurobiology of PTSD and brain areas affected pre and post EMDR treatment in EEG imaging.
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Trust and Attunement-Focused EMDR With a Child (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Using EMDR therapy informed by attachment and neuroscience research about the importance of safety (trust) and relationship (attunement).
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Childhood Abuse, Brain Development and Psychopathology
Childhood maltreatment is an important preventable risk factor for psychiatric disorders. Explore the effects of maltreatment on the brain.
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The Art and Science of Resilience: The Role of Mindful Compassion, Empathy, and Interpersonal Neurobiology
Learn skills, both yourself and clients, that promote positive empathy, and mindfulness, that lead to increased resilience and happiness.
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Eye-movement intervention enhances extinction via amygdala deactivation (Journal of Neuroscience)
This article “demonstrates that goal-directed eye-movements, like working-memory tasks, deactivate the amygdala, the core neural substrate of fear learning.”
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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing as a treatment for PTSD: current neurobiological theories and a new hypothesis (Annals of the New York Academy of Science)
Theories on EMDR’s mechanisms of action involving working memory, interhemispheric communication, de-arousal & memory reconsolidation.
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Impact neurobiologique de l’EMDR dans le cancer (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
L’exposition à une maladie mortelle comme le cancer peut constituer une expérience traumatique qui dans certains cas peut conduire au …
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25 años de Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: protocolo de aplicación, hipótesis de funcionamiento y revisión sistemática de su eficacia en el trastorno por estrés postraumático (Revista de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental)
El objetivo de este trabajo es introducir el protocolo estándar EMDR, ofrecer una revisión de las hipótesis actuales sobre su mecanismo de acción y analizar la evidencia científica disponible sobre su eficacia clínica en pacientes adultos con diagnóstico de trastorno por estrés postraumático.
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Metabolic and Electrophysiological Changes Associated to Clinical Improvement in Two Severely Traumatized Subjects Treated With EMDR-A Pilot Study (Frontiers in Psychology)
EMDR showed clinical improvement in PTSD symptoms associated with metabolic & electrophysiological changes in limbic and associative cortex.
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