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.
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 eclectic inpatient treatment model for Vietnam and Desert Storm veterans suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (Military Medicine)
This paper describes the therapeutic components of an eclectic, intensive inpatient treatment strategy for Vietnam and Desert Storm veterans with PTSD that includes eye movement desensitization strategies.
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).
A proposal for a conditioning model of eye movement desensitization treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry)
This article proposes a learning-based model to explain the efficacy of EMD.
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.
