PTSD Archives

The predictive processing model of EMDR (Frontiers in Psychology)

This article describes the Predictive Processing model of EMDR, a proposed neurobiological mechanism/model that expands on the AIP model.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for post-traumatic stress disorder from the perspective of three-dimensional model of the experiential selfhood (Medical Hypotheses)

A theoretical article on the neurobiological rationale of EMDR using the three-dimensional model of experiential selfhood and overview of EMDR therapy neuroimaging studies.

Prise en charge du traumatisme psychique par la thérapie EMDR et mécanismes cérébraux impliqués (Revue de Neuropsychologie)

L’objectif de nos travaux était d’explorer le mécanisme d’action de la thérapie EMDR à travers différents paradigmes en EEG, TEP-scanner et IRMf, en comparant l’activité cérébrale avant et après traitement ou pendant les stimulations bilatérales alternées.

Editorial: Present and future of EMDR in clinical psychology and psychotherapy (Frontiers)

This editorial summarizes an increasing scientific and clinical interest in EMDR within the psychological and psychiatric fields world-wide.

Longitudinal multisite randomized controlled trial on the provision of the EMDR-IGTP-OTS to refugee minors in Valencia, Spain (American Journal of Applied Psychology)

Effectiveness of EMDR-Integrative Group Treatment Protocol for Ongoing Traumatic Stress for refugee adolescents in Valencia, Spain.

Introduction to EMDR Therapy

In this video, EMDR therapists discuss how EMDR therapy works and the positive feedback they have received from clients. Learn what it’s like to experience EMDR therapy.

Multiple session early psychological interventions for the prevention of post-traumatic stress disorder (Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews)

The review found some beneficial effects early psychological interventions to prevent PTSD, certainty was low due to the risk of bias.

Increase of precuneus metabolism correlates with reduction of PTSD symptoms after EMDR therapy in military veterans: an 18F-FDG PET study during virtual reality exposure to war (European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging)

Study to identify, after EMDR therapy, regions of brain metabolism that evolve during stress exposure of a war scene in veterans with PTSD.

Do adjuvant interventions improve treatment outcome in adult patients with posttraumatic stress disorder receiving trauma-focused psychotherapy? A systematic review (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

Systematic review that aims to assess whether adjuvant interventions improve outcomes among adult PTSD patients receiving trauma focused psychotherapy (TF-PT).