PTSD Archives

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in posttraumatic stress disorder: A pilot study using assessment measures (Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry)

Study reporting on eight patients with PTSD who received EMDR treatment showed significant improvements on assessment measures.

Eye-movement desensitisation: Symptom change in post-traumatic stress disorder (British Journal of Psychiatry)

This article describes and discusses using EMD for PTSD treatment.

An investigation of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMD/R) as a treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms of Vietnam combat veterans (Behavior Therapy)

EMD/R was investigated with Vietnam combat veterans with PTSD, assigned to EMD/R or a control condition, and may not have been effective.

An auditory variant of eye movement desensitization in a case of childhood post-traumatic stress disorder (Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry)

A case study documenting the success of a child-appropriate variant of eye movement desensitization (EMD) in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Eye-movement desensitisation to overcome post-traumatic stress disorder (British Journal of Psychiatry)

This paper reports the treatment of a woman with post-traumatic stress disorder following a horrific road traffic accident using the EMD procedure.

Eye-movement desensitization: A simple treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder? (Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry)

A case report of EMDR for PTSD.

Post-traumatic stress disorder due to devastating burns overcome by a single session of eye movement desensitization (Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry)

A single session of eye movement desensitization (EMD) reported effective for patient with PTSD.

Treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder with eye movement desensitization (Journal of Behavioral Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry)

Case report of a victim of gun violence and successful treatment by eye-movement desensitization.

Case studies of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training)

Five case studies of EMDR treatment for Veterans with PTSD.

Post-traumatic stress disorder overcome by eye movement desensitization: A case report (Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry)

A case study of PTSD precipitated by rape and successful treatment using eye movement desensitization.

Eye movement desensitization: A new treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry)

This early article by Francine Shapiro aims to describe the use of Eye Movement Desensitization (EMD) post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Efficacy of the eye movement desensitization procedure in the treatment of traumatic memories (Journal of Traumatic Stress)

This study aims to determine the effectiveness of the recently developed Eye Movement Desensitization (EMD) procedure on traumatic memories.

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