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Predicting treatment outcomes on three measures for post-traumatic stress disorder (European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience)

EMDR versus Imaginal Exposure and Cognitive Restructuring (E+CR) in three assessor and self-rated PTSD symptomatology measures.

Treatment of PTSD by eye movement desensitization and reprocessing improves sleep quality, quality of life and perception of stress (Annals of the New York Academy of Science)

The purpose of this study was to examine whether EMDR treatment can improve PTSD symptoms, such as sleep, depression, anxiety, etc.

Comparing the efficacy of EMDR and trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy in the treatment of PTSD: A meta-analytic study (Psychological Medicine)

Systematic review of literature from 1985-2005 comparing treatment outcomes of EMDR and CBT for PTSD.

Efficacy and mechanisms of action of EMDR as a treatment for PTSD (Murdoch University)

This article reviewed successful treatment approaches for PTSD and discusses the underlying processes of EMDR, one of the successful treatment approaches.

The counting method: Applying the rule of parsimony to the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (Traumatology)

A study is described comparing Prolonged Exposure, EMDR, and the Counting Method with 51 multiply-traumatized women.

The effects of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy on posttraumatic stress disorder in survivors of the 1999 Marmara, Turkey, earthquake (International Journal of Stress Management)

This study reports results of response to the 1999 earthquake in Marmara, Turkey where trauma victims with PTSD were treated in tent cities with EMDR therapy.

High-resolution brain SPECT imaging and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in police officers with PTSD (The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience)

Effectiveness and physiological effects of EMDR in police officers with PTSD using SPECT imaging before and after treatment.

A multidimensional meta-analysis of psychotherapy for PTSD (American Journal of Psychiatry)

Meta-analysis of psychotherapy treatments for PTSD before 2003 including EMDR therapy.

Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder (American Psychiatric Association)

Guideline for the treatment of ASD and PTSD published by the American Psychiatric Association. EMDR is included as an effective treatment option for PTSD.

Psychological treatment of three urban fire fighters with post-traumatic stress disorder using eye movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR) therapy (Complementary Therapies in Nursing and Midwifery)

This paper describes three cases of urban fire fighters whose PTSD symptoms were treated with EMDR therapy.

Event-related potentials and EMDR treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (Neuroscience Research)

Ten patients suffering from PTSD following a severe traumatic event, were assessed with event-related brain potentials (ERPs).

Comparative efficacy, speed, and adverse effects of three PTSD treatments: Exposure therapy, EMDR, and relaxation training (Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology)

Efficacy, speed, and incidence of symptom worsening for 3 treatments of PTSD: prolonged exposure, relaxation training, or EMDR.

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