Depression Archives

A Clinician’s Guide to the Efficacy of EMDR Therapy

Volume 13, Issue 4 of the Journal of EMDR Practice and Research (JEMDR) is conceptualized as a guide for clinicians, including articles about the use of EMDR therapy across a range of populations, diagnoses, and symptom clusters.

Effectiveness of trauma-focused treatment for adolescents with major depressive disorder (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

First study suggesting that EMDR therapy is associated with significant reduction of symptoms in adolescents with major depressive disorder.

Psychological interventions for individuals bereaved by homicide: A systematic review (Trauma Violence Abuse)

Homicide-related mental health difficulties show an increased risk of PTSD, complicated grief (CG), and depression.

The effect of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing on depression and anxiety in patients with spinal cord injuries (Trauma Monthly)

The effect of EMDR intervention on stress and anxiety of spinal cord injury (SCI) patients in Kermanshah, west of Iran.

Longitudinal multisite randomized controlled trial on the provision of the EMDR-IGTP-OTS to refugee minors in Valencia, Spain (American Journal of Applied Psychology)

Effectiveness of EMDR-Integrative Group Treatment Protocol for Ongoing Traumatic Stress for refugee adolescents in Valencia, Spain.

The effect of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) on the severity of suicidal thoughts in patients with major depressive disorder: A randomized controlled trial (Neuropyschiatric Disease and Treatment)

The study aimed to investigate the effect of EMDR therapy on the severity of suicidal thoughts in patients with major depressive disorder.

Mixed Methods Evaluation of EMDR for Treating Female Survivors of Sexual and Domestic Violence (Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation)

This study assessed the efficacy of EMDR for women who experienced trauma due to sexual or domestic violence.

Treating repetitive suicidal intrusions using eye movements: Study protocol for a multicenter randomized clinical trial (BMC Psychiatry)

Study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of an Eye Movement Dual Task (EMDT) intervention targeting suicidal imagery in depressed patients.

The effect of the eye movement desensitization and reprocessing intervention on anxiety and depression among patients undergoing hemodialysis: A randomized controlled trial (Perspectives in Psychiatric Care)

Nurses can use EMDR intervention in clinical practice with psychotropic drugs to reduce depression/anxiety in patients undergoing dialysis.

Clinical efficacy of trauma-focused psychotherapies in treatment-resistant depression (TRD) in-patients. A randomized, controlled pilot-study (Psychiatry Research)

Pilot trial evaluated whether trauma-focused cognitive-behavioural therapy (TF-CBT) or EMDR can help treatment-resistant depression patients.

Treatments of posttraumatic stress disorder in civilian populations (Current Psychiatry Reports)

This review examines treatment of PTSD and its symptom clusters exclusively in civilian populations, which have been historically under-examined in the literature.

Randomized controlled trial on the EMDR integrative group treatment protocol for ongoing traumatic stress with adolescents and young adults patients with cancer (American Journal of Applied Psychology)

EMDR-Integrative Group Treatment Protocol for Ongoing Traumatic Stress (EMDR-IGTP-OTS) for cancer stress in adolescents/young adults.

Depression

Find an EMDR Therapist®