Fifteen-month follow-up of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder and psychological trauma (Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology)
15-month follow-up of the effects of EMDR therapy on the functioning of 66 participants, 32 were diagnosed with PTSD prior to treatment.
The psychobiology of traumatic memory: Clinical implications of neuroimaging studies (Annals of the New York Academy of Science)
The emerging body of knowledge from neuroimaging studies has prompted a focus on how extreme emotional arousal leads to a failure of the central nervous system to synthesize interpretation of incoming sensory information. Areas of the brain implicated are the amygdala, hippocampus, corpus callosum, anterior cingulate, and prefrontal cortex.
A controlled study of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disordered sexual assault victims (Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic)
Efficacy of EMDR compared to a no-treatment wait-list control in the treatment of PTSD in adult female sexual assault victims.
Eye movement desensitisation: Past research, complexities, and future directions (Australian Psychologist)
This paper reviews the present state of knowledge (1996 publication) about the efficacy of EMDR therapy as a treatment, and identifies basic problems with much of the research.
Emotional processing during eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy of Vietnam veterans with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (Comprehensive Psychiatry)
Results suggest that eye movements do not play a significant role in processing of traumatic information in EMDR.
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) as treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy)
Commentary on EMDR therapy literature from scientific and clinical experience.
An investigation of some hypothetical mechanisms underlying EMDR (Scandinavian Journal of Behaviour Therapy)
A hypothetical explanation is based upon “mental relaxation”, perhaps involving production of alpha activity from ocular defocusing, and data are presented from EEG and ECG measures.
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for combat PTSD (Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training)
Four Vietnam veterans diagnosed with PTSD were treated with 12 sessions of EMDR, targeting their combat memories.
Treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (Current Opinion in Psychiatry)
Further research on PTSD treatments needed.
Treatment of Vietnam war veterans with PTSD: A comparison of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, biofeedback, and relaxation training (Journal of Traumatic Stress)
An examination of self-report data from Vietnam veterans receiving inpatient treatment for PTSD compared treatment of EMDR, biofeedback, and relaxation training.
Eye movement desensitization: Three unusual cases (Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry)
Three complex cases are presented on the applicability of eye movement desensitization (EMD) for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
A trial of eye movement desensitization compared to image habituation training and applied muscle relaxation in post-traumatic stress disorder (Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry)
Imaginal exposure (image habituation training—IHT) vs. applied muscle relaxation (AMR) vs. eye movement desensitization (EMD) for PTSD.
