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Post-traumatic stress disorder among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: Effectiveness of an eye movement desensitization and reprocessing intervention protocol (Frontiers in Psychology)

Study aimed at investigating PTSD in a sample of Italian healthcare workers during COVID-19 and the effectiveness of the EMDR therapy.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in a primary care setting: Assessing utility and comparing efficacy of virtual versus in-person methods (Telemedicine and e-Health)

This study compared EMDR with CBT to CBT alone for treatment of anxiety and compared the efficacy of virtual to in-person EMDR.

Feasibility of EMDR in older adults with PTSD to reduce frailty and improve quality of life (Clinical Gerontologist)

PTSD after exposure to multiple (childhood) traumas is associated with accelerated aging and high psychiatric and somatic comorbidity.

Effectiveness of time-limited eye movement desensitization reprocessing therapy for parents of children with a rare life-limiting illness: A randomized clinical trial (BMC Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases)

EMDR reduces PTSD symptoms, psychological comorbidity, and stress in parents of children with a rare progressive life-limiting illness.

PTSD Symptoms Comparison EMDR and NFB with IPV Survivors: Ex-Post-Facto Study (Capella University, 2022)

Comparison of EMDR and neurofeedback therapy (NFB) for intimate partner violence (IPV) survivor post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Anxiety following myocardial infarction: A systematic review of psychological interventions (Health Psychology)

The primary objective of this systematic review was to assess the effectiveness of psychological interventions including EMDR therapy for anxiety following myocardial infarction (MI).

Cultural Competence and Healing Culturally Based Trauma With EMDR Therapy: Innovative Strategies and Protocols, 2nd edition (Springer, 2022)

Tools for developing a culturally competent EMDR clinical practice and strategies for working with specific cultural populations.

Trauma as Absence: A Biopsychosocial-AIP Definition of Trauma and Its Treatment in EMDR Therapy (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This paper advances the biopsychosocial adaptive information processing (BPS-AIP) model and theory by adding consciousness as a mechanism of action activated via social behavior in EMDR.

Using EMDR With Autistic Clients: How Do Therapists Adapt? (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Autistic people commonly experience co-morbid mental health conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and low mood.

Pandemic Times and the Experience of Online EMDR Practice in Greece: A Qualitative Study on Obstacles and Perspectives (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

The COVID-19 pandemic had a biopsychosocial impact on the Greek mental health system, worsening depression & stress in the general population.

EMDR Therapy: To Call Out Is to Strengthen (Editorial) (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

The description of EMDR therapy in a journal article was outlined less favorably than other empirically supported trauma interventions.

EMDR Therapy and PTSD: A Goal-Directed Predictive Processing Perspective (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

EMDR treatment effects are often explained by drawing on processes that involve the automatic formation and change of mental associations.

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