EMDR for children with medically related subthreshold PTSD: short-term effects on PTSD, blood-injection-injury phobia, depression and sleep (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

Investigating short-term effectiveness of EMDR on posttraumatic stress, anxiety, depression & sleep problems in children.

The Effect of EMDR Versus Guided Imagery on Insomnia Severity in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This RCT study compared the effect of EMDR therapy versus guided imagery on insomnia severity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Position paper for the treatment of nightmare disorder in adults: An American Academy of Sleep Medicine position paper (Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine)

A position paper for treatment of nightmare disorder in adults. 

The Role of Slow Wave Sleep in Memory Pathophysiology: Focus on Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (Frontiers in Psychology)

At a neurobiological level, memories recorded during extreme stressful situations cause maximal amygdalar synapses, storing the events.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and Slow Wave Sleep: A Putative Mechanism of Action (Frontiers in Psychology)

The slow wave sleep hypothesis tries to explain how EMDR works and is discussed in light of other theories and neurobiological findings.

A hypothetical mechanism of action of EMDR: The role of slow wave sleep (Clinical Neuropsychiatry)

This paper discusses a hypothesis which focuses on the similarity between the typical EMDR eye movements and delta and beta waves occurring during the Slow Wave Sleep.

EMDR Beyond PTSD (Clinical Neuropsychiatry)

This journal issue looks at EMDR beyond PTSD and includes reviews about efficacy of EMDR for depression, panic, OCD & eating disorders.

EMDR and the sleep connection: EMDR may work because of its similarity to dream sleep (Psychology Today)

It is also possible that EMDR works by engaging similar brain mechanisms as those that underpin rapid eye movement (REM) sleep.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Treatment of Nightmares: A Case Report (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Client with depression and chronic nightmares was treated with EMDR and Luber’s (2010) protocol for nightmare processing.

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.

Treating Trauma with EMDR: Healing from Our Nightmares

Treating Trauma with EMDR: Healing from Our Nightmares This video from NICABM features an interview with Francine Shapiro, Ph.D. describing EMDR therapy to treat…

Traitement du souvenir dépendant du sommeil et mode d’action de l’EMDR (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

On pense que l’efficacité particulière de l’EMDR (désensibilisation et retraitement par les mouvements oculaires) dans le traitement de l’état…