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Active ingredient study: Preliminary findings

In 1994, TIR, V/KD, EMDR, and TFT were investigated through a systematic clinical demonstration (SCD) methodology at Florida State University. This methodology guides the examination but does not test the effectiveness of clinical approaches. Each…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Neurolinguistic Programming, NLP, Randomized Controlled Trial, RCT, Stressor, Survivor, TIR, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Traumatic Incident Reduction, Treatment Effectiveness

Scientific resistance to research, training and utilization of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in treating post-war disorders

In this study, Barber's [(1961). Resistance by scientists to scientific discovery. Science, 134, 596-602] analysis of scientists' resistance to discoveries is examined in relation to an 18-year controversy between the dominant cognitive-behavioral…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Health Personnel Attitude, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Scientific Research

De-stress: A qualitative investigation of EMDR treatment

There is no qualitative knowledge of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) with a sub-clinical stressed population. The vast majority of EMDR research has focused on traumatized populations, leaving a significant gap in what the…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Effects, Stressor, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

War-related medically unexplained symptoms, prevalence, and treatment: Utilizing EMDR within the armed services

The mental health impact of war is often underestimated by military, government, and media officials who focus primarily on well-known conditions like depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) while ignoring the complex toll of modern…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Combat, Iraq War, Marine Personnel, Medically Unexplained Symptom, Military Psychiatry, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Somatic Symptom, Veterans, War Syndromes

My worst nightmare: A nurse's personal account of assault and recovery

A personal account of a psychiatric nurse's attack by a patient and her direct experience with PTSD.

Tags: Adult, Americans, Battery, Female, Injury, Nurse, Personal Narrative, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness, Workplace Trauma

Motivation-adaptive skills-trauma resolution (MASTR) therapy for adolescents with conduct problems: An open trial

Trauma is proposed as a key to understanding the development and persistence of adolescent conduct problems, in conjunction with other contributing factors. A trauma-focused individual therapy approach is presented as one example of how this…

Tags: Americans, Clinical Trial, Cognitive Therapy, Depressive Disorder, Disruptive Behavior Disorder, High School Students, Individual Psychotherapy, Junior High School Student, Preadolescents, Protocols, School Based Treatment, Stressor, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

EMDR terms and procedures: Resolution of uncomplicated depression

This chapter presents an example of a relatively uncomplicated eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) treatment, which can provide a basis for understanding the more complex aspects of cases. The Ss was a man in his 40s with depression…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Child Abuse, Depressive Disorder, Male, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Rape, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

EMDR treatment of combat-related guilt: A study of the effects of eye movements

This purpose of this study was to investigate the role of eye movements in EMDR, and to test the efficacy of EMDR in the treatment of guilt associated with combat-trauma. A single-case multiple component cross-over design across seven participants…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Guilt, Poster, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Treatment Effectiveness, Veterans, War

An open trial of EMDR as treatment for chronic PTSD

In a prepilot study, 8 adults with chronic PTSD underwent 3 90-minute sessions of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) at 1-week intervals in an open trial. None of the 7 who completed treatment met criteria for current PTSD 2 months…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Clinical Trial, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Stressor, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Three case reports illustrating the use of the protocol for recent traumatic events following the World Trade Center terrorist attack

Following the attacks on the New York World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, the EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Program initiated a response establishing the New York City Disaster Mental Health Recovery Network. The network provided coordination…

Tags: 9/11, Adult, Americans, Case Study, Man-Made Disaster, Recent Traumatic Events Protocol, RTE, September 11, Survivor, Terrorism, Terrorist Attacks

The efficacy of EMDR for survivors of a natural disaster: Intervention after Hurricane Floyd

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is considered effective for civilian PTSD, but no controlled evaluation of EMDR, or any other treatment for PTSD, has been conducted with adults in a natural disaster context. Following Hurricane…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Depressive Disorder, Female, Hurricane Floyd, Hurricanes, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Randomized Controlled Trial, RCT, Recent Event, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Efficacy of the eye movement desensitization procedure in the treatment of traumatic memories

The aim of the study was to determine the effectiveness of the recently developed Eye Movement Desensitization (EMD) procedure on traumatic memory symptomatology. 22 subjects suffering from symptoms related to traumatic memories were used in the…

Tags: Americans, Anxiety, Combat, EMD, Eye Movement Desensitization, Incest, Memories, Molestation, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Randomized Controlled Trial, Rape, RCT, Survivor, Trauma, Veterans, Vietnam, War

Eye movement desensitization: A partial dismantling study

23 PTSD subjects were exposed to either: (1) standard eye movement desensitization (EMD), (2) a variant of EMD in which eye movements were engendered through a light tracking task, or (3) a variant of EMD in which fixed visual attention replaced eye…

Tags: Adult, Americans, EMD, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Stressor, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Eye movement desensitization across subjects: Subjective and physiological measures of treatment efficacy

Eye movement desensitization (EMD) was investigated in an experimental multiple baseline across subjects design. Six subjects who met the diagnostic criteria for PTSD were included in the study. While the EMD technique advanced by Shapiro has been…

Tags: Adult, Americans, EMD, Eye Movement Desensitization, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychophysiology, PTSD, Stressor, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Effect of bilateral eye movements on frontal interhemispheric gamma EEG coherence: Implications for EMDR therapy

The use of bilateral eye movements (EMs) is an important component of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy for PTSD. The neural mechanisms underlying EMDR remain unclear. However, prior behavioral work looking at the effects…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Brain Imaging, College Students, Eye Movements, Neurophysiology, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Quantitative Study

Efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing as a treatment for PTSD symptoms of Vietnam combat veterans

The efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMD/R) was compared with that of a control (no treatment) condition in the treatment of Vietnam combat veterans with postraumatic stress disorder. 27 volunteer subjects were randomly…

Tags: Americans, Male, Middle Aged, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Treatment Effectiveness, Veterans, Vietnam, War

Eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing: A new treatment for trauma

Eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) has been hailed as a new experimental treatment for survivors of trauma that can provide rapid relief from the debilitating symptoms associated with PTSD. EMDR's efficacy reportedly stems from the…

Tags: Americans, Avoidance, Clinical Trial, Cognitive Impairment, Empirical Study, Intrusive Thought, Longitudinal Study, Self Concept, Stressor, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness, Treatment Outcome

An analog study of patient preferences for exposure versus alternative treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder

Although several efficacious treatments for PTSD exist, these treatments are currently underutilized in clinical practice. To address this issue, research must better identify barriers to dissemination of these treatments. This study investigated…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Therapy, College Students, Empirically Supported Treatment, Evidence-Based Practice, Exposure, Patient Preference, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, Stressor, Survivor, TFT, Thought Field Therapy

Applying eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) to the treatment of traumatized children: Five case studies

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a recently developed psychotherapy method that appears to increase efficiency in treating traumatized psychological disturbance. Applications to child treatment were explored in five case…

Tags: Americans, Female, Hurricanes, Male, School Age Children, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

The effect of varying the rate of the eye movements in eye movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR) with battered women

The rapid saccades used in eye movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR) have been reputed to be critical to its efficacy. To evaluate this hypothesis, the rate of the eye movements was varied in this study. Subjects included 27 battered women who…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Battery, Clinical Trial, Empirical Study, Female, Follow-up Study, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Spouse Abuse, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness, Treatment Outcome

Pathological gambling: Etiologic considerations and treatment efficacy of eye movement desensitization/reprocessing

This study of 22 subjects who meet DSM-IV criteria for Pathological Gambling (PG) tests a theory that the development of PG lies in the existence of unresolved trauma-related anxiety, similar to PTSD, and predicts that reduction of that anxiety will…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Cognitive Therapy, Empirical Study, Etiology, Impulse Control Disorder, Stressor, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

EMDR treatment: Less than meets the eye

Examines EMDR and the experimental evidence surrounding it, which does not indicate that it is any more effective than other treatments for PTSD, despite its enthusiastic support.

Tags: Adult, Americans, Brief Psychotherapy, Child Abuse, Female, Longitudinal Study, Methodology, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Randomized Controlled Trial, Rape, RCT, Self Efficacy, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) as treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is a new and controversial cognitive-behavioural treatment technique that combines cognitive processing and exposure methodology to treat conditioned emotional responding and other trauma-related…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Treatment Effectiveness, Veterans

Effect of relaxation training alone and relaxation training paired with EMDR on incarcerated, battered women

Every 15 seconds a woman is beaten in the U.S. Many of these women meet the criteria for a diagnosis of PTSD. Some of them end up in prison. This study used a sample of 5 battered women, incarcerated in a Southern state prison, to test the efficacy…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Battery, Empirical Study, Female, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Prison Inmate, PTSD, Relaxation Therapy, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Eye movement desensitization of public-speaking anxiety: A partial dismantling study

40 college students suffering from public speaking anxiety and having experienced a specific traumatic speech-related event were exposed to either a standard EMD protocol with eye movements; a moving audio stimulus in place of the eye movements; a…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Anxiety Disorder, College Students, EMD, Life Experience, Partial Dismantling Study, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Intimate partners: A context for the intensification and healing of emotional pain

A case of a lesbian couple is presented in which one partner experienced early sexual abuse and the other a series of major losses (beginning with the death of her mother) in early childhood. The first partner developed an alcohol addiction and the…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Case Study, Child Abuse, Family Therapy, Female, Homosexual, Incest, Interpersonal Interaction, Psychiatric Disorders, Rape, Survivor

Extending EMDR: A casebook of innovative applications

"Extending EMDR" is divided into two parts: those cases in which it was possible to target a relatively small number of distinct traumatic experiences, and those in which the client's symptoms have resulted from ongoing childhood trauma or neglect…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Child Abuse, Complex PTSD, Defense Mechanisms, Depressive Disorder, Female, Life Experience, Male, Neglect, Personality Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Controlled study of treatment of PTSD using EMDR in an HMO setting

67 individuals diagnosed with PTSD were randomly assigned to either Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) treatment or Standard Care (SC) treatment. Participants were assessed pretreatment, after 3 sessions, and at the completion of…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Empirical Study, Managed Care, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Randomized Controlled Trial, RCT, Stressor, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

The trauma client's experience of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: A heuristic analysis

Traumatic stress and its impact on the individual, family and society have been described in the literature for over one hundred years. Controversy exists regarding etiology, determinants and therapeutic intervention for traumatic stress. There is…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Empirical Study, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Stressor, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Combining eye movement desensitization and reprocessing with Gestalt techniques in couples counseling

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is gaining acceptance as efficacious treatment for PTSD for individuals but not for couples. This article reports three case studies of couples in which EMDR is combined with Gestalt therapy in a…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Couples Therapy, Family Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Nonclinical Case Study, Perpetrators, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Qualitative Study, Spouse Abuse, Survivor, Trauma

Imaginary crimes: Resolving survivor guilt and writer's block

A 45-year old female professor of creative writing complained of depression, obsessing about an ex-boyfriend, and a writing block. She is in ongoing but episodic treatment within the framework of a psychodymanic model, specifically Control Mastery…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Cognitive Therapy, Depressive Disorder, Female, Guilt, Life Experience, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Survivor

Emerging from the coffin: Treatment of a masochistic personality disorder

"Dan" was a 48-year old married man who, despite ten years of psychoanalytic treatment, awakened every morning with the image of lying dead in a coffin. This dovetailed with his experience of daily life as devoid of meaning and pleasure. Despite his…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Case Study, Life Experience, Male, Personality Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

It was a golden time...: Treating narcissistic vulnerability

This chapter focuses on EMDR-enhanced therapeutic protocols to treat individuals whose painful life experience is separated from consciousness by complex defensive structures, particularly those associated with narcissistic and avoidance defenses.In…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Case Study, Defense Mechanisms, Life Experience, Male, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Self Concept, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Am I real?: Mobilizing inner strength to develop a mature identity

Chris was a 44-year old woman who had extremely low self-esteem, depression, panic attacks, and symptoms of dissociation when she began EMDR-facilitated therapy. Eye movement was used initially to reinforce healthy beliefs, physical sensations, and…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Anxiety Disorder, Case Study, Child Abuse, Cognitive Therapy, Depressive Disorder, Female, Life Experience, Neglect, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Self Esteem, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Treating a highly defended client: Reworking traditional approaches

Several key points emerge for consideration when treating the highly defended client with EMDR, in particular clients whose primary defenses are distancing ones. The first is to carefully gauge the client's level of functioning, the depth of…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Anxiety Disorder, Case Study, Defense Mechanisms, Life Experience, Male, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Self Concept, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Filling the void: Resolution of a major depression

This case demonstrates the value of EMDR in rapidly resolving a major depression by processing a series of traumatic memories. The themes of loss, overwhelming helplessness, and inadequacy weave through each of these memories and tie them together.…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Case Study, Depressive Disorder, Female, Life Experience, Surgical Procedure, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Postpartum depression: Helping a new mother to bond

"Karen" was a young mother who came to me in desperate shape, suffering from acute postpartum depression, unable to bond with, or to take care of, her new baby. This case demonstrates how a therapist can skillfully integrate EMDR with dreams,…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Bonding, Case Study, Childbirth, Depressive Disorder, Female, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

The invisible volcano: Overcoming denial of rage

The case in this chapter integrates EMDR and interpretive short-term dynamic therapy as contrasted with cognitive, interpersonal, or existential short-term therapies. I became interested in Davanloo's technique of intensive short-term dynamic…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Anger, Anxiety Disorder, Brief Psychotherapy, Case Study, Child Abuse, Defense Mechanisms, Depressive Disorder, Female, Life Experience, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Healing hidden pain: Resolving the effects of childhood abuse and neglect

When EMDR is incorporated into a treatment plan, the treatment outcome is primarily determined by the clients' willingness and ability to trust their therapists and face the painful feelings that are limiting their functioning. Each treatment plan…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Case Study, Child Abuse, Female, Life Experience, Neglect, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Self Concept, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

The effectiveness of EMDR with adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse

A randomized experimental evaluation found support for the effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in reducing trauma symptoms among adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse. 59 women were assigned randomly to…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Brief Psychotherapy, Child Abuse, Empirical Study, Female, Follow-up Study, Longitudinal Study, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Practice Effectiveness, PTSD, Randomized Controlled Trial, Rape, RCT, Self Efficacy, Survivor, Trauma, Treatment Effectiveness

The use of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in the treatment of traumatic stress and complicated mourning: Psychological and behavioral outcomes

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the differential effects of treatment of a complex of symptomatology that includes grief, PTSD, anxiety, and self-esteem by comparing eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Cognitive Therapy, Empirical Study, Follow-up Study, Grief, Non-Randomized Study, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Self Esteem, Social Casework, Survivor, Traumatic Grief, Treatment Effectiveness

Honoring their voice: Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing through the eyes of inmates with developmental disabilities

This study examined the efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) on inmates with developmental disabilities (DD) who were incarcerated in a special needs correctional facility in the southwestern United States. Cognitively,…

Tags: Americans, Empirical Study, Intellectual Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Prison Inmate, PTSD, Quantitative Study, Self Esteem, Treatment Effectiveness

Peaceful heart: A woman's journey of healing

Although I had a relatively happy childhood, I picked up many unspoken messages from the people around me about my physical body and my self-worth. At age 17, I was brutally beaten and raped in my family home. Based upon these often misinterpreted…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Effects, Female, Personal Narrative, Rape, Survivor

Sexual abuse survivors’ perceptions of the effectiveness of EMDR and eclectic therapy

Objective: This article examines survivor perspectives of the effectiveness of two different treatments for trauma symptoms among adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse -- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and eclectic…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Child Abuse, Depressive Disorder, Empirical Study, Female, Individual Psychotherapy, Mixed Method, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Quantitative Study, Randomized Controlled Trial, Rape, RCT, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Active ingredient study: Preliminary findings

In 1994, TIR, V/KD, EMDR, and TFT were investigated through a systematic clinical demonstration (SCD) methodology at Florida State University. This methodology guides the examination but does not test the effectiveness of clinical approaches. Each…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Neurolinguistic Programming, NLP, Randomized Controlled Trial, RCT, Stressor, Survivor, TIR, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Traumatic Incident Reduction, Treatment Effectiveness

Responding to an identified need: A joint Department of Defense/Department of Veterans Affairs training program in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) for clinicians providing trauma services

An earlier study of federal Department of Defense mental health professionals found relatively few trained in the psychotherapies for PTSD previously identified as effective by both this department and the federal Department of Veterans Affairs. In…

Tags: Americans, Empirical Study, Mental Health Personnel, Military, Non-Randomized Study, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Professional Training, PTSD, Quantitative Study, Training, United States Department of Defense, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans

Outcome research on behavioral and cognitive-behavioral treatments for trauma survivors

In this chapter, we describe the current status of outcome research on behavioral and cognitive-behavioral therapy for PTSD. In this endeavor, we describe these treatments and outline their empirical foundations, providing rationale for their use. We…

Tags: Americans, Behavior Therapy, Child Abuse, Cognitive Therapy, Female, Male, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Rape, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness, Veterans, Vietnam, War

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