Using recent traumatic episode protocol in college counseling centers (Journal of College Counseling)

This article explores using EMDR Recent Traumatic Episode Protocol will college students who lived though a mass shooting. 

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Verbal suggestions about treatment effectiveness do not modulate the effectiveness of a laboratory model of EMDR therapy: Results of two preregistered studies (PsyArXiv Preprints)

These findings corroborate the results of earlier reports, suggesting that the role of treatment expectations in EMDR therapy may be limited.

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EMDR phase 1: Client history: Identity, race, and culture interview

Questionnaire used during client history taking. Identity/race/culture questions (age, religion, occupation, appearance, health status, etc.).

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What you need to know: Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy as a path to recovery for patients with substance use disorder (Journal of Addictions Nursing)

Adding EMDR therapy can allow for reprocessing traumatic memories that may trigger maladaptive coping strategies like misuse of substances.

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A FLASH OF HOPE: Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy (Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience)

The 8 fundamental processes of EMDR are illustrated through a composite case vignette and relevant research regarding its efficacy for PTSD.

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Trauma, treatment and Tetris: video gaming increases hippocampal volume in male patients with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience)

A neuroimaging study to assess Tetris in patients with existing PTSD or explored how playing Tetris may affect brain structure.

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A Systematic Review of Intensive Empirically Supported Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (Journal of Traumatic Stress)

A systematic review to summarize and integrate the literature on the impact of intensive treatments on PTSD symptoms.

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Involvement of the cerebellum in EMDR efficiency: a metabolic connectivity PET study in PTSD (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

The posterior cerebellum and its metabolic connectivity with the precuneus are involved in the clinical efficiency of EMDR in PTSD.

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Fast Feet Forward: Sports training and running practice to reduce stress and increase positive cognitions in unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors (Counselling & Psychology Research,)

This paper looks using running as bilateral stimulation (BLS) and findings of an unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors sport trauma group.

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Introduction to the 60-item version of the Multidimensional Inventory of dissociation (MID-60) (DissociationResearcher)

Video on What is the MID-60? What aspects of dissociation does it measure? What is the difference between the MID-60 and the DES?

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The effectiveness of psychological interventions for post-traumatic stress disorder in children, adolescents and young adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Psychological Medicine)

Systematic review/meta-analysis on studies on effectiveness of psychological interventions for PTSD in children, adolescents & young adults.

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Trauma-focused treatment outcome for complex PTSD patients: Results of an intensive treatment programme (European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2020)

Patients diagnosed with PTSD received an 8-day treatment combining prolonged exposure, EMDR therapy, psycho-education, and physical activity.

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