The PHQ-9: validity of a brief depression severity measure (Journal of general internal medicine)
In addition to making criteria-based diagnoses of depressive disorders, the PHQ-9 is also a reliable and valid measure of depression severity.
Effects of visuospatial tasks on desensitization to emotive memories (British Journal of Clinical Psychology)
Does relief of distress from competing visuospatial sketchpad tasks during imaginal exposure come at the cost of impaired desensitization?
Eye movement desensitization reprocessing facilitates attentional orienting (Imagination, Cognition and Personality)
We propose that EMDR’s eye movements facilitate the orienting response, i.e., the attentional adjustment to unexpected stimuli.
Stress management with law enforcement personnel: A controlled outcome study of EMDR versus a traditional stress management program (International Journal of Stress Management)
This randomized controlled trial found that a brief six-hour EMDR intervention was more effective than standard stress management in reducing PTSD symptoms, distress, job stress, and anger while improving marital satisfaction among police officers, with benefits maintained six months later.
The use of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in the treatment of traumatic stress and complicated mourning: Psychological and behavioral outcomes (Research on Social Work Practice)
Treatment on complex of symptomatology that includes grief, PTSD, anxiety, and self-esteem comparing EMDR & guided mourning (GM) treatments.
The challenges of treatment evolution and integration (American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis)
Francine Shapiro discusses EMDR treatment evolution and integration in psychotherapy with a strong theoretical, clinical, and research base.
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): A meta-analysis (Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology)
An early meta-analysis of EMDR therapy.
The Comparative Effects Of Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing (Emdr) And Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (Cbt) In The Treatment Of Depression (Indiana State University)
Evaluation of the efficacy of EMDR in the treatment of depression was accomplished via a comparison with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).
Integrative psychotherapy: Combining ego-state therapy, clinical hypnosis, and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in a psychosocial developmental context (Journal of Clinical Hypnosis)
This paper explores how EMDR combines ego-state therapy with eye movements (EMs) to produce a powerful psychotherapy method.
Fear and anxiety: animal models and human cognitive psychophysiology (Journal of Affective Disorders)
Analysis of emotional information processing, emphasizing the neural foundations that underlie the experience and expression of fear.
Dreaming and REM sleep are controlled by different brain mechanisms (Behavioral and Brain Sciences)
These findings suggest a forebrain mechanism is the final common path to dreaming and that the brainstem oscillator that controls the REM state is just one of the many arousal triggers that can activate this forebrain mechanism.
EMDR for panic disorder with agoraphobia: Comparison with waiting list and credible attention-placebo control conditions (Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology)
EMDR for panic disorder with agoraphobia (PDA) was compared with waiting list and credible attention-placebo control groups.
