EMDR and the Adaptive Information Processing Model: Potential Mechanisms of Change (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Throughout the article a variety of mechanisms of action are discussed, including those inferred by tenets of the AIP model, and the EMDR procedures themselves, including the bilateral stimulation.
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Editorial: Considering Mechanisms of Action in EMDR (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
As a profession we are still struggling to determine what makes therapy work and what creates change. What are the mechanisms of action?
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Psychophysiological Changes During EMDR and Treatment Outcome (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Study investigating whether psychophysiological changes during EMDR is related to subjective and objective reduction of PTSD symptoms.
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A Working Memory Explanation for the Effects of Eye Movements in EMDR (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Study tested working memory theory to investigate the effects of eye movement (EM) on the components of autobiographical memory.
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Crucial Processes in EMDR: More Than Imaginal Exposure (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
The processes that underlie the effectiveness of EMDR are examined by evaluating the procedural differences between it and exposure therapy.
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Interhemispheric Interaction and Saccadic Horizontal Eye Movements: Implications for Episodic Memory, EMDR, and PTSD (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
The body of literature on the effects of bilateral saccadic eye movements, patterned after those employed in EMDR, on memory is reviewed.
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Psychophysiological Studies of EMDR (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
This article describes research on the effects of eye movements during authentic EMDR sessions of chronic PTSD in refugees of war and torture.
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Sleep-Dependent Memory Processing and EMDR Action (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
The possibility that bilateral stimulation induces a brain/mind state similar to that of rapid eye movement sleep is supported by studies.
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EMDR Reprocessing of the Addiction Memory: Pretreatment, Posttreatment, and 1-Month Follow-Up (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
This randomized controlled study investigated the effects of EMDR therapy in the treatment of alcohol dependency.
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EMDR Versus CBT for Children With Self-Esteem and Behavioral Problems: A Randomized Controlled Trial (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
This study compared EMDR with cognitive–behavioral therapy (CBT). Children with behavioral and self-esteem problems were randomly assigned to EMDR or CBT.
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The Effect of Single-Session Modified EMDR on Acute Stress Syndromes (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
A single abridged EMDR session was provided in a hospital inpatient/outpatient setting to patients suffering after terrorist bombing attacks.
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EMDR Treatment of Children and Adolescents With a Choking Phobia (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
In this article, we present a case series describing the successful EMDR treatment of choking phobia for 4 children and adolescents.
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