PTSD Archives

The Current Status of EMDR Therapy, Specific Target Areas, and Goals for the Future (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

There are differences as to how various international treatment guidelines judge the strength of the EMDR evidence base.

EMDR Therapy Helps Military Families

The Department of Veterans Affairs rates EMDR Therapy as strong for the psychotherapeutic treatment of PTSD. Active-duty military personnel, veterans, spouses and their children can use EMDR therapists to help them cope with PTSD and regain resilience.

A randomized controlled trial to pilot the efficacy of a computer-based intervention with elements of virtual reality and limited therapist assistance for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (Frontiers in Digital Health)

RCT exploring the efficacy of 3MR, computer-based intervention with elements of virtual reality, EMDR, and limited therapist assistance.

A systematic review of controlled trials for PTSD in maltreated children and adolescents (Child Maltreatment)

This review focuses on the “evidence-base for psychological treatments for PTSD, specifically for maltreated young people.”

The Role of Spirituality in Trauma Wounding and the Healing of EMDR Therapy

Discover the role of spirituality & spiritual wounds in the etiology & treatment of PTSD, C-PTSD, & addictions utilizing the 8 Phase Protocol.

Self-administered EMDR therapy: Potential solution for expanding the availability of psychotherapy for PTSD or unregulated recipe for disaster? (BJPsych Open)

Self-administered psychological therapies are efficacious for many mental illnesses, including PTSD, and increase access to treatment.

Post-traumatic stress disorder and substance use disorder in individuals with mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning: A review of treatment studies (Research in Developmental Disabilities)

Individuals with mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning are at high risk for PTSD & substance use disorders.

Safe and Practical EMDR for Complex PTSD

This workshop will provide essential information on the treatment of Complex-PTSD within the 8 phases of EMDR.

A systematic review of treatment interventions for individuals with intellectual disability and trauma symptoms: A review of the recent literature (Trauma, Violence, and Abuse)

A systematic review to compare effectiveness of EMDR therapy and CBT for PTSD with people with intellectual disabilities (ID).

An EMDR group therapy for traumatized former child slaves in India: A pilot randomized controlled trial (The International Journal of Indian Psycholog7)

Trial to determine if brief EMDR group therapy can reduce symptoms of PTSD and dysfunctional trauma-related cognitions in former child slaves.

Imagery rescripting and eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing as treatment for adults with post-traumatic stress disorder from childhood trauma: Randomised clinical trial (The British Journal of Psychiatry)

Imagery rescripting and EMDR treatments were found to be effective in treating PTSD symptoms arising from childhood trauma.

PTSD treatment in times of COVID-19: A systematic review of the effects of online EMDR (Psychiatry Research)

This systematic review investigates online EMDR as an emerging treatment for patients with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

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