PTSD Archives

The effectiveness of eye movement desensitization for post-traumatic stress disorder in Indonesia: A randomized controlled trial (Frontiers in Psychology)

EMD saw reductions in PTSD, anxiety and depression, and improvements in quality of life, though eye movements did not add to the efficacy.

Trauma-focused treatments for refugee children: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of KIDNET versus EMDR therapy versus a waitlist control group (KIEM) (Trials)

Effectiveness of EMDR vs. child version of Narrative Exposure Therapy (KIDNET) vs. waitlist, offered to refugee children.

ADHD symptoms persist even when PTSD symptoms progress: An EMDR case report (Dusunen Adam The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences)

EMDR can be used as an effective psychotherapy in children with ADHD and PTSD, for PTSD and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), not ADHD.

EMDR Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in Adult Inpatient Mental Health Settings: A Systematic Review (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Systematic review evaluating studies investigating the impact of EMDR on symptoms of PTSD within adult inpatient mental health settings.

Trauma-focused psychotherapies for post-traumatic stress disorder: A systematic review and network meta-analysis (Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica)

This article seeks to determine the efficacy and attrition rates of psychotherapy interventions for PTSD by applying network meta-analysis (NMA).

Efficacy of the eye movement desensitization and reprocessing group protocol with children in reducing posttraumatic stress disorder in refugee children (European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation)

A group treatment protocol developed especially for children was tested by a randomized controlled trial study with Syrian refugee children.

Implementing an eye movement and desensitization reprocessing treatment-program for women with posttraumatic stress disorder after childbirth (Frontiers in Psychology: Psychology for Clinical Settings)

The purpose of this study is to describe the implementation and outcomes of an EMDR treatment-program for women with PTSD after childbirth.

EMDR Therapy with people who have intellectual disabilities: Process: Adaptations and outcomes (Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities)

Adaptations of EMDR therapy for people with intellectual disabilities in treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

A review of the inclusion of ethnoracial groups in empirically supported posttraumatic stress disorder treatment research (Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy)

This study assessed ethnoracial representation in United States-based randomized controlled trials (RCTs) for three evidence-based treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)—Prolonged Exposure (PE), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), and Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).

Positive internal experiences in PTSD interventions: A critical review (Trauma, Violence, & Abuse)

This study reviewed PTSD interventions to determine whether positive emotions were explicitly addressed and the goals of focusing on these positive internal experiences.

Treating combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder using therapeutic fly-fishing with EMDR (TF-EMDR) (Journal of Military and Veterans’ Health)

A study on therapeutic fly-fishing and other nature-based methods integrated with EMDR therapy for treating combat-related PTSD.

Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Acute Stress Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Complex PTSD (Australian National Health and Medical Research Council)

Guideline for the prevention and treatment of stress disorders published by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council.

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