Tragedies Archives

EMDR Therapy with Victims of Crime

Crime victim specialist, Joshualin Dean, EMDRIA member, shares how EMDR therapy can help treat this population.

Post-traumatic stress disorder and its associated factors among internally displaced people due to conflict in Northwest Ethiopia (Frontiers in Public Health)

This study aimed to determine the prevalence of PTSD among internally displaced people in Northwest Ethiopia and recommends EMDR therapy alongside other treatment options.

Healing Across Borders: EMDR Therapy for Global Migration

Liliana Baylon, LMFT-S, RPT-S discusses how EMDR can help migrants process the deep psychological scars often associated with displacement.

Disaster psychiatry: An urgent field in psychiatry posing a pertinent question (Psychiatriki)

This editorial summarizes an increasing need for disaster response, prevention, and preparedness to mitigate mental health impact of disasters. EMDR is cited as an effective therapeutic intervention for disasters.

A case study of a Ukranian refugee in Turkey: Metaphoric associative cards (MACs) and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (African Journal of Biological Sciences)

A case study using EMDR therapy and metaphoric associative cards (MAC) to treat PTSD in a refugee from Ukraine after escaping the war.

EMDR терапия и лечение детей-жертв насилия в мире и войне (Научный результат. Социальные и гуманитарные исследования)

В статье анализируется опыт применения EMDR-терапии в работе с детьми, ставшими жертвами травм и насилия в военное и мирное время. This article analyzes the experience of using EMDR therapy in working with children who have become victims of trauma and violence in war and peace.

EMDR therapy and treatment of child victims of violence in peace and war (Research Result Social Studies and Humanities)

This article analyzes the experience of using EMDR therapy in working with children who have become victims of trauma and violence in war and peace.

A network meta-analysis of psychological interventions for children and adolescents after natural and man-made disasters (BMC Psychiatry)

This review used a meta-analysis approach to compare and rank psychological interventions for PTSD and depression in children and adolescents after exposure to natural and man-made disasters.

Mental health and conflict: A pilot of an online eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) intervention for forcibly displaced Syrian women (Frontiers in Public Health)

This study looked at the effects of EMDR therapy treatment for forcibly displaced Syrian women with PTSD delivered by forcibly displaced Syrian women EMDR therapists.

Comparing the effectiveness of narrative therapy and EMDR-GTEP protocols in the treatment of post traumatic stress in children exposed to humanitarian crises (Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)

This study analyzed data to compare two trauma treatments: EMDR-based G-TEP and narrative therapy for children in Central African Republic.

El Abrazo de la Mariposa Método de Terapia EMDR para la Autoadministración de Estimulación Bilateral (Revista Iberoamericana de Psicotraumatología y Disociación)

Este artículo de Ignacio (Nacho) Jarero, Ph.D., Ed.D. y Lucina Artigas detalla cómo utilizar el método del abrazo de mariposa.

Psychological support for earthquake survivors in Turkey and Syria (Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock)

This article highlights the need for coordinated efforts of multiple organizations to help provide relief in the wake of environmental disasters, including mental health services like EMDR therapy.

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