Prison/Forensic Setting Archives

A randomised controlled trial of eye movement desensitization and re-processing (EMDR) in forensic services and in prison (Medicine, Science and the Law)

This article in Medicine, Science and the Law journal has no abstract.

Healing Behind Bars: EMDR Therapy for Incarcerated Individuals

Podcast episode on mental health support behind bars and how EMDR therapy can offer hope in breaking the cycle of trauma and recidivism.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) within prisons and the criminal justice system (Medicine, Science and the Law)

An editorial on traumatic stress within the criminal justice system, and how EMDR therapy can help.

Integration of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in a prison-based therapeutic community (Routledge, 2024)

This chapter addresses the utilization of EMDR therapy in a prison-based therapeutic community (TC).

EMDR Therapy in Correctional Settings

EMDR therapy’s adaptive information processing (AIP) model views that we all have the innate ability to heal. This goes hand in hand with the emerging research…

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in prison and forensic services: A qualitative study of lived experience (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

Limited research on EMDR in forensic mental health is unfortunate given how common PTSD is in mentally unwell offenders.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy compared to usual treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder in adults with psychosis in forensic settings: Randomized controlled trial (Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy)

This trial assesses the efficacy & risks of EMDR with PTSD & psychotic disorders receiving forensic care, including inpatients & prisoners.

Treatment of PTSD and SUD for the incarcerated population with EMDR: A pilot study (Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling)

Adverse childhood experiences predict recidivism. In incarcerated individuals, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) rates are higher.

The effectiveness of trauma-focused interventions in prison settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis (Trauma, Violence, and Abuse)

Trauma processing therapies, and individual modality trauma-focused interventions can be effective and delivered successfully in prison.

Making Sense of Offense Related Trauma: Exploring Two Patients’ Lived Experience (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This research explores offense-related trauma and EMDR with two patients who perpetrated violence offenses.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in adults with serious mental illness within forensic and rehabilitation services: A study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (Trials)

EMDR for PTSD in people with serious mental illness in either forensic, mental health inpatient, or custodial settings.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in a forensic patient with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) resulting from homicide. A case study (The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology)

PTSD resulting from perpetration is highly prevalent in forensic populations and has been associated with future risk of criminal recidivism.

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