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The relative efficacy and treatment distress of EMDR and a cognitive-behavior trauma treatment protocol in the amelioration of posttraumatic stress disorder (Journal of Anxiety Disorders)

The present research compared EMDR and a CBT variant for PTSD, via a controlled clinical study using therapists trained in both procedures.

This study showed that a two-factor repeated measures analysis of variance revealed that EMDR produced significant symptom reductions.

Meta-analysis that showed psychological therapies were more effective than drug therapies, and both were more effective than controls.

Two therapy sessions of EMDR produced a lasting decrease in symptomatology of choking phobia, characterized by fear/avoidance of swallowing.

In this article, authors examine 17 recent studies on the effectiveness of EMDR and the conceptual analysis of its mechanisms of action.

Fifty-one war veterans with PTSD were given either 2sessions of EMDR, an equivalent procedure without EMDR, or a standard psychiatric support.

Adverse Childhood Experiences Study describes the long-term relationship of childhood experiences to medical and public health problems.

This study examined the efficacy of EMDR and exposure in the treatment of a twenty-six spider phobic children.

This article is a qualitative review of EMDR treatment for persons with PTSD.

A discussion exploring current neurobiological findings in the areas of the limbic system, REM-sleep and psychological trauma circa 1998.

Twenty children and adolescents were treated for a single traumatic memory with a single session of EMDR therapy.

Sixty women between the ages of 16 and 25 were randomly assigned to two sessions of either EMDR or an active listening (AL) control.