Are addiction-related memories malleable by working memory competition? Transient effects on memory vividness and nicotine craving in a randomized lab experiment (Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry)
Study concludes that eye movements provide a valuable way of coping with the acute effects of craving during smoking cessation attempts.
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Standard EMDR Protocol for Alcohol and Substance Dependence Comorbid With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Four Cases With 12-Month Follow-Up (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Efficacy of EMDR standard protocol on alcohol and substance dependence for treatment of PTSD in 4 patients in Australia.
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Desensitizing addiction: Using eye movements to reduce the intensity of substance-related mental imagery and craving (Frontiers in Psychiatry)
Data suggest that eye movements of EMDR can be used to reduce intensity of substance-related imagery and craving.
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Integrated Trauma Treatment in Drug Court: Combining EMDR Therapy and Seeking Safety (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Trauma and co-occurring substance use disorders are disproportionately prevalent in individuals involved in the criminal justice system.
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Desensitization of triggers and urge reprocessing for pathological gambling: A case series (Journal of Gambling Studies)
This case series introduces the desensitization of triggers and urge reprocessing (DeTUR) of EMDR as treatment for pathological gambling.
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EMDR Adjunctive Therapy at a Community Agency, Treating Clients With a Spectrum of Mental Health Disorders (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Developing EMDR adjunctive therapy program in nonprofit community agency serving clients’ chronic mental health & substance abuse disorders.
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The effectiveness of EMDR therapy on clients with addictions (Smith College, 2015)
Study investigated the impact of EMDR therapy on clients who have substance or behavioral addictions. Cravings, relapse, and abstinence were all factors studied.
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Treating trauma in addiction with EMDR: A pilot study (Journal of Psychoactive Drugs)
Effects of standard EMDR protocol in chronically addicted patients. Reprocessing traumatic memories could lead to changes of symptoms.
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Treating addictions with EMDR and the stages of change (Springer, 2014)
This book provides a practical roadmap to using the Stages of Change Model and EMDR therapy for effectively treating addictions.
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Treatment of tobacco addiction using the feeling-state addiction protocol (FSAP) of the eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) treatment (Tobacco Induced Diseases)
This study aims to assess the efficacy of the FSAP in the treatment of tobacco addiction of relapsed smokers with persistent compulsions to smoke.
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Treatment of Behavioral Addictions Utilizing the Feeling-State Addiction Protocol: A Multiple Baseline Study (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
New treatment for behavioral addictions using The Feeling-State Addiction Protocol (FSAP), based on theory of behavioral/substance addiction.
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Traitement par l’EMDR d’états comorbides d’ESPT et de dépendance à l’alcool : un exemple de cas (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
L’EMDR (désensibilisation et retraitement par les mouvements oculaires) est une thérapie qui a démontré son efficacité dans le traitement de…
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