Personality Disorders Archives

Trauma-focused EMDR for personality disorders among outpatients (TEMPO): Study protocol for a multi-centre, single-blind, randomized controlled trial (BMC Trials)

Study is to determine the effectiveness of EMDR therapy versus waiting list in reducing personality disorder symptom severity.

Does EMDR Therapy Have an Effect on Memories of Emotional Abuse, Neglect and Other Types of Adverse Events in Patients with a Personality Disorder? Preliminary Data (Journal of Clinical Medicine)

Determining the effect of EMDR therapy on memories of emotional abuse, neglect & other adverse events in patients with personality disorder.

Neural correlates of treatment effect and prediction of treatment outcome in patients with PTSD and comorbid personality disorder: Study design (Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation)

Description of protocol for a neuroimaging study of treatment of patients with PTSD and comorbid borderline (BPD) or cluster C (CPD) personality disorder traits.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in patients with a personality disorder (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

The results suggest that EMDR therapy can be beneficial in the treatment of patients with personality disorders.

A randomized controlled trial comparing the clinical efficacy and cost-effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and integrated EMDR-dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT) in the treatment of patients with post-traumatic stress disorder and comorbid (sub)clinical borderline personality disorder: Study design (BioMed Central Psychiatry)

Clinical efficacy and cost-effectiveness of integrated EMDR-Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for PTSD and Borderline Personality Disorder.

The impact of brief intensive trauma-focused treatment for PTSD on symptoms of borderline personality disorder (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

Results suggest that an intensive trauma-focused treatment is feasible and safe for PTSD patients with borderline personality disorder.

From evil to live: A case study on a women’s journey through EMDR for severe trauma (Abuse: An international Impact Journal, 2020)

Effectiveness of EMDR combining aspects of Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) to reduce complex PTSD and life-threatening self-injury.

Guiding Therapists Through Parts in Dissociative Disorders

Unlocking dissociative disorder insights: Dolores Mosquera guides therapists. Explore expert strategies for complex cases.

Feasibility of EMDR for posttraumatic stress disorder in patients with personality disorders: a pilot study (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

Changes in symptom severity of PTSD, dissociation, insomnia, self-harm, hallucinations in patients with personality disorders during EMDR.

The EMDR DeTUR protocol for the treatment of self-injury in a patient with severe personality disorder: a case report (Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice)

Case report of DeTUR protocol in EMDR treatment to address patient’s urges to engage in severe and sometimes life-threatening self-injury.

EMDR as a treatment approach of PTSD complicated by comorbid psychiatric, somatic, and cognitive disorders: A case report of an older woman with a borderline and avoidant personality disorder (Clinical Case Studies)

A case report presenting EMDR treatment for PTSD with comorbid borderline and avoidant personality disorders in an older woman.

Treating Personality Disorders with EMDR Therapy (Clinical Neuropsychiatry)

Relevance of adaptive information in those with personality disorders & adaptations for borderline, narcissistic & antisocial presentations.

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