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The effect of eating disorders and trauma day treatment in women with eating disorders and childhood maltreatment history: A pilot study (Child Abuse and Neglect)

This paper reports on the effectiveness of a day program that includes EMDR for women with eating disorders (ED) and a childhood maltreatment history on symptoms of EDs, PTSD, CPTSD, and dissociation.

Dissociative and traumatic experiences in people with eating disorders (Current Opinion in Psychiatry)

This review synthesizes existing literature on the prevalence, assessment, and treatment of dissociation, focusing on its manifestation in eating disorders and explores dissociation, its relationship with trauma, and its role in emotion regulation.

EMDR for eating disorders and body schema disorder: An update (Intech Open, 2025)

This chapter discusses EMDR therapy for eating disorders, underlying theory and a narrative case study.

Alexithymia, dissociation and emotional regulation in eating disorders: Evidence of improvement through specialized inpatient treatment (Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy)

67 female eating disorder inpatients (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder) were treated with EMDR and other methods.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy for the treatment of eating disorders: A systematic review of the literature (Mental Health Science)

The study aimed to systematically evaluate the current evidence regarding the use of EMDR therapy in the treatment of eating disorders (ED), ED symptomatology, and body image concerns.

Comparison of the effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), transcranial direct current brain stimulation (tDCS) and combined therapy on perceived stress and food craving in women with binge eating (Journal of Modern Psychological Research)

A study comparing EMDR therapy, transcranial direct current brain stimulation, and combined therapy as a treatment for food cravings and perceived stress in women who binge eat.

Comparison of the effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), transcranial direct current brain stimulation (tDCS) and combined therapy on perceived stress and food craving in women with binge eating (Journal of Modern Psychological Research)

A study comparing EMDR therapy, transcranial direct current brain stimulation, and combined therapy as a treatment for food cravings and perceived stress in women who binge eat.

Efficacy of EMDR in Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Associated Cognitive-Emotional Features (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Efficacy of EMDR in body dysmorphic disorder symptoms and features like appearance-based rejection sensitivity, body shame, & self-compassion.

مقایسه اثربخشی درمان حساسیت زدایی با حرکات چشم و پردازش مجدد (EMDR) و تحریک فراجمجمه ای مغز با جریان مستقیم (tDCS) بر استرس ادراک شده و اضطراب زنان مبتلا به اختلال پرخوری ( نشریه عصب روانشناسی

هدف از این مطالعه مقایسه اثربخشی حساسیت‌زدایی از طریق حرکات چشم و پردازش مجدد و تحریک مغز با جریان مستقیم فراجمجمه‌ای بر استرس ادراک‌شده و اضطراب در زنان مبتلا به اختلال پرخوری افراطی بود.

Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing as add-on treatment to enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy for patients with anorexia nervosa reporting childhood maltreatment: A quasi-experimental multicenter study (European Eating Disorders Review)

This study reports reduced eating disorder (ED) symptoms and dissociative symptoms and improved outcomes for patients with anorexia nervosa and childhood maltreatment when EMDR therapy was added to enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT-E).

The integrated treatment of eating disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder, and psychiatric comorbidity: A commentary on the evolution of principles and guidelines (Frontiers in Psychiatry)

In this commentary, guidelines for assessing and treating patients with ED + PTSD and related comorbidity are critically reviewed.

Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing: Part 2 – wider use in stress and trauma conditions (BJPsych Advances)

This article discusses the application of EMDR beyond PTSD with other mental and physical health conditions.

Eating Disorders/Body Image

The effect of eating disorders and trauma day treatment in women with eating disorders and childhood maltreatment history: A pilot study (Child Abuse and Neglect)

Dissociative and traumatic experiences in people with eating disorders (Current Opinion in Psychiatry)

EMDR for eating disorders and body schema disorder: An update (Intech Open, 2025)

Alexithymia, dissociation and emotional regulation in eating disorders: Evidence of improvement through specialized inpatient treatment (Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy)

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy for the treatment of eating disorders: A systematic review of the literature (Mental Health Science)

Comparison of the effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), transcranial direct current brain stimulation (tDCS) and combined therapy on perceived stress and food craving in women with binge eating (Journal of Modern Psychological Research)

Comparison of the effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), transcranial direct current brain stimulation (tDCS) and combined therapy on perceived stress and food craving in women with binge eating (Journal of Modern Psychological Research)

Efficacy of EMDR in Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Associated Cognitive-Emotional Features (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing as add-on treatment to enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy for patients with anorexia nervosa reporting childhood maltreatment: A quasi-experimental multicenter study (European Eating Disorders Review)

The integrated treatment of eating disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder, and psychiatric comorbidity: A commentary on the evolution of principles and guidelines (Frontiers in Psychiatry)

Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing: Part 2 – wider use in stress and trauma conditions (BJPsych Advances)

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