PTSD Archives

Trauma-Informed Care in Behavioral Health Services (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

Research-based best practice guidelines for trauma-specific services published by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). EMDR is included as trauma-specific service for trauma and PTSD.

Scaling Up What Works: Using EMDR to Help Confront the World’s Burden of Traumatic Stress (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

EMDR therapy offers a scalable intervention that combines effectiveness, efficiency & affordability for a global trauma therapy plan.

Meta-analysis of psychological treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder in adult survivors of childhood abuse (Clinical Psychology Review)

This article compared trauma-focused treatments for PTSD to non-trauma-focused interventions for individuals and groups.

Treating trauma in addiction with EMDR: A pilot study (Journal of Psychoactive Drugs)

Effects of standard EMDR protocol in chronically addicted patients. Reprocessing traumatic memories could lead to changes of symptoms.

Efficacy of eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing for patients with posttraumatic-stress disorder: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (PLOS One)

The first meta-analysis of clinical studies by investigating the effects of eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for posttraumatic stress disorder in bipolar disorder (Psychiatry Investigation)

There is evidence that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is more prevalent in patients with bipolar disorder.

Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy or eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: What works in children with posttraumatic stress symptoms? A randomized controlled trial (European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)

Forty-eight children (8–18 years) were randomly assigned to eight sessions of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy or EMDR.

Potential of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (Psychological Research and Behavior Management)

Recently, research attention has been focused on the types of memory processes involved in PTSD and hypothesized neurobiological processes.

Improvement of mood and sleep alterations in posttraumatic stress disorder patients by eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience)

Study to investigate the effects of EMDR therapy on indices of mood, anxiety, subjective, and objective sleep.

Pilot Research Study on the Provision of the EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol with Female Cancer Patients (

Study suggests EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol can support cancer patients with PTSD symptoms related to their diagnosis & treatment.

Specific and nonspecific psychological interventions for PTSD symptoms: A meta-analysis with problem complexity as a moderator (Journal of Clinical Psychology)

This review examined treatments of specific vs non specific psychological interventions for PTSD symptoms in both complex clinical populations and noncomplex clinical problems.

Psychological therapies for chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults (Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews)

This review looked at 70 studies and shows support for the efficacy of trauma-focused CBT and EMDR for chronic PTSD in adults.

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