Add-on eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy for adults with posttraumatic stress disorder who failed to respond to initial antidepressant pharmacotherapy (Journal of Korean Medical Science)
Efficacy of EMDR therapy among adults with PTSD who continued to be symptomatic after more than 12 weeks of initial antidepressant treatment.
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing versus treatment as usual in the treatment of depression: A randomized-controlled trial (Frontiers of Psychology)
Thirty patients with depression were treated to test whether EMDR plus treatment as usual (TAU) would achieve better results than TAU only.
Differential Effects of an Evolutionary-Based EMDR Therapy on Depression and Anxiety Symptoms: A Case Series Study (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Treating depression downhill (TDD) was designed as a specific therapy for depression as a syndrome and later integrated with EMDR.
A non-randomized controlled trial of EMDR on affective symptoms in patients with glioblastoma multiforme (Frontiers in Psychiatry)
EMDR therapy on anxiety, depression and sense of coherence in patients with glioblastoma multiforme, a highly aggressive brain cancer.
Neurocognitive functioning of the course of trauma-focused psychotherapy for PTSD: Changes in verbal memory and executive functioning (British Journal of Clinical Psychology)
This study suggests that neurocognitive deficits in PTSD can improve over the course of trauma-focused psychotherapy.
EMDR Therapy for an Elderly Woman With Depression, Traumatic Memories, and Parkinson’s Disease Dementia: A Case Study (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Application of EMDR therapy in an 83-year-old White woman with preexisting diagnoses of Parkinson’s disease and Parkinson’s disease dementia.
Comparison of eye movement desensitization reprocessing and cognitive behavioral therapy as adjunctive treatments for recurrent depression: The European Depression EMDR Network (EDEN) randomized controlled trial (Frontiers in Psychology)
Randomized clinical controlled trial comparing EMDR or CBT as adjunctive treatments to antidepressant medication in treating depression.
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy as a treatment for depression (Kansas State University)
Thesis examining the efficacy of EMDR therapy as a treatment for unipolar depression. Results provide preliminary evidence of efficacy.
Efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in children and adolescent with post-traumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (Frontiers in Psychology)
Meta-analysis to examine the efficacy of EMDR for PTSD in children/adolescents, and for depressive or anxious comorbid symptoms.
EMDR Beyond PTSD (Clinical Neuropsychiatry)
This journal issue looks at EMDR beyond PTSD and includes reviews about efficacy of EMDR for depression, panic, OCD & eating disorders.
EMDR beyond PTSD: A systematic literature review (Frontiers in Psychology)
EMDR treatment of comorbid traumatic events in psychosis, bipolar, depression, anxiety , substance use disorders, and chronic back pain.
The AIP model of EMDR therapy and pathogenic memories (Frontiers in Psychology)
This article explores merging the AIP model with the theory of pathogenic memories to help patients suffering from memory-based disorders.
