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EMDR in Three Adults With Severe Intellectual Disability and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Multiple-Baseline Evaluation (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Effectiveness of EMDR therapy using the storytelling method in three adults with severe intellectual disability and PTSD.

Posttraumatic stress disorder in people with dementia: Study protocol (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

“This study aims to improve the diagnostic process of PTSD and to assess the effects of EMDR treatment in people with dementia living in Dutch care facilities.”

Childbirth-related posttraumatic stress disorder: Definition, risk factors, pathophysiology, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment (American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology)

EMDR can be used to ensure that people with childbirth-related PTSD are treated to recovery so that it does not become chronic.

Online eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (Alpha Psychiatry)

Editorial comment regarding the use of online EMDR for PTSD.

The management of posttraumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder: Synopsis of the 2023 U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U. S. Department of Defense clinical practice guideline (Annals of Internal Medicine)

This article summarizes the 2023 clinical practice guideline (CPG) and discusses assessments and treatments for which evidence was sufficient to support a recommendation for or against. Recommendations are given for EMDR therapy as psychotherapy treatment for PTSD.

The working mechanisms of imagery rescripting and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Findings from a randomised controlled trial (Behaviour Research and Therapy)

This study provides insight into the working mechanisms of imagery rescripting and EMDR.

EMDR in older adults with PTSD and comorbid personality disorders (International Psychogeriatrics)

Approximately one third of older adults (≥ 60 years) with a PTSD also suffer from a comorbid personality disorder.

Mixed-methods randomised study exploring the feasibility and acceptability of eye-movement desensitisation and reprocessing for improving the mental health of traumatised survivors of intensive care following hospital discharge: protocol (BMJ Open)

“This study assesses the feasibility and acceptability of using eye-movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) to improve the mental health of ICU survivors.”

State of the science: Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy (Journal of Traumatic Stress)

This article describes the current state of the evidence for EMDR therapy, the empirical support for EMDR for PTSD, complex PTSD and comorbidities as well as cross-cultural applications.

Restoring bottom-up communication in brain-heart interplay after trauma-focused psychotherapy in breast cancer patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (Journal of Affective Disorders)

This study looks at functional brain-heart interplay (BHI) and compares EMDR therapy (as a trauma focused psychotherapy) to treatment as usual in breast cancer patients with PTSD.

The Future of EMDR Project (Council of Scholars) Videos

This playlist of videos discuss The Future of EMDR Project from the Council of Scholars. Themes explored include cost effectiveness, depression, PTSD with children and adolescents, EMDR early interventions, chronic pain, and combat PTSD.

Predictors and moderators of treatment outcomes in phase-based treatment and trauma-focused treatments in patients with childhood abuse-related post-traumatic stress disorder (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

This study investigated the relationship between PTSD and a history of childhood abuse, and whether symptoms predicted or moderated treatment outcomes.

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