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Treatment of gay men for post-traumatic stress disorder resulting from social ostracism and ridicule: Cognitive behavior therapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing approaches

This report describes the clinical treatment of a sample of 4 gay men suffering from PTSD attributed to their repeated experiences with peer ridicule and ostracism throughout childhood and adolescence, caused by their gender variant appearance and…

Tags: Adult, Americans, CBT, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Therapy, Gay Men, Homosexual, Male, Persecution, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Survivor

Use of EMDR in a "dementing" PTSD survivor

Presents a case study of a 72-yr-old woman with dementia to examine the usefulness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in treating posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in "dementing" elderly. EDMR is a therapeutic tool in which…

Tags: Aged, Americans, Case Study, Cognitive Disorder, Death of Spouse, Elder Abuse, Empirical Study, Female, Psychiatric Inpatient, PTSD, Rape, Survivor

Emotional processing during eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy of Vietnam veterans with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder

This study examined emotional processing and outcome in 27 Vietnam veterans with chronic PTSD who underwent eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, with and without the eye movement component, in a crossover design. Results…

Tags: Americans, Clinical Trial, Empirical Study, Longitudinal Study, Male, Middle Aged, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Treatment Effectiveness, Veterans, Vietnam, War

Five-year follow-up study of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy for combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder

This study reports the results of a 5-year follow-up evaluation of 13 Vietnam combat veterans with chronic PTSD who participated in a study of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy previously reported in this journal.…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Clinical Trial, Empirical Study, Follow-up Study, Male, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Treatment Effectiveness, Treatment Outcome, Veterans, War

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in the psychological treatment of combat-related guilt: A study of the effects of eye movements

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of eye movements in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), and to test the efficacy of EMDR in the treatment of guilt associated with combat trauma. EMDR was compared to a non-eye…

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

Scientific investigations into EMDR (Part II) Controlled study post-traumatic stress disorder using EMDR in an HMO setting

Tags: Adult, Americans, Managed Care, PTSD, Randomized Controlled Trial, RCT, Stressor, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Scientific investigations into EMDR (Part I) - A controlled study of eye movement desensitization in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disordered sexual assault victims

Tags: Adult, Americans, Female, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Randomized Controlled Trial, Rape, RCT, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Scientific investigations into EMDR (Part I) - Brief psychological intervention with young high-risk females: A comparison of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing with active reflective listening

Tags: Americans, Battery, Child Abuse, Effects, Emotional Abuse, Female, Incest, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Randomized Controlled Trial, Rape, RCT, Stressor, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness, Young Adults

Brief psychological intervention with traumatized young women: The efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

To study the efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) with traumatized young women, 60 women between the ages of 16 and 25 were randomly assigned to 2 sessions of either EMDR or an active listening (AL) control. Factorial…

Tags: Americans, Battery, Child Abuse, Effects, Emotional Abuse, Empirical Study, Female, Follow-up Study, Incest, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Randomized Controlled Trial, Rape, RCT, Stressor, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness, Young Adults

EMDR therapy following the 9/11 terrorist attacks: A community-based intervention project in New York City

This article presents the results of a time-limited psychological relief effort using eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) following the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Clients made highly significant positive…

Tags: 9/11, Americans, Crisis Intervention, Empirical Study, Non-Randomized Study, Quantitative Study, September 11, Survivor, Terrorism, Terrorist Attacks, Treatment Effectiveness

Stress management with law enforcement personnel: A controlled outcome study of EMDR versus a traditional stress management program

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) has been shown to be effective for treating PTSD, but its efficacy as a stress management tool for normal individuals in highly stressful occupations has not been demonstrated. 62 police officers…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Empirical Study, Police Personnel, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Spouse, Treatment Effectiveness

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: Adolescents, Americans, Clinical Trial, Cognitive Therapy, Depressive Disorder, Depressive Disorders, Disruptive Behavior Disorder, High School Students, Individual Psychotherapy, Junior High School Students, Preadolescents, School Based Treatment, Stressors, Survivors, Treatment Effectiveness

The contributions of eye movements to the efficiacy of brief exposure treatment for reducing fear of public speaking

The present study was designed to isolate the effects of the eye-movement component of the Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) procedure in the treatment of fear of public speaking. Seventy-one undergraduate psychology students who…

Tags: Americans, Clinical Trial, College Students, Empirical Study, Experimental Stressor, Female, Phobias, Psychophysiology, Treatment Effectiveness, Treatment Outcome

A single session, group study of exposure and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in treating posttraumatic stress disorder among Vietnam War veterans: Preliminary data

This report summarizes data gathered thus far from an ongoing study. Two groups (total N = 12) of Vietnam War veterans diagnosed with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) received a single session of exposure or Eye Movement Desensitization and…

Tags: Americans, Empirical Study, Exposure Therapy, Middle Aged, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Treatment Effectiveness, Treatment Outcome, Veterans, Vietnam, War

What psychological testing and neuroimaging tell us about the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder by eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

To better understand the pathophysiology and treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), standard psychological testing, Rorschach Ink Blot testing, and neuroimaging using Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) were administered to…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Brain Imaging, Empirical Study, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Treatment Effectiveness

The cognitive dismantling of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD): A case report

Twenty-seven subjects were exposed to standard Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) treatment or a similar treatment without the explicit cognitive elements found in EMDR. Standardized psychometric assessments were administered…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Clinical Trial, Empirical Study, Longitudinal Study, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Stressor, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness, Treatment Outcome

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in the treatment of test anxiety: A study of the effects of expectancy and eye movement

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a recently invented technique acclaimed as a major breakthrough for a range of anxiety-related symptoms. To determine the importance of the eye movement and expectancy variables, we conducted a…

Tags: Adult, Americans, College Students, Experimental Stressor, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Measuring effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in non-clinical anxiety: A multi-subject, yoked-control design

28 subjects from a university's subject pool were paired on sex, age, severity, and type of stressful or traumatic incident. 1 subject in each pair was selected to receive EMDR; the experimental partner spent the same amount of time receiving a…

Tags: Americans, Arousal, College Students, Effects, Empirical Study, Stressor, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness, Young Adults

Assessing the long-term effects of EMDR: Results from an 18-month follow-up study with adult female survivors of CSA

This 18-month follow-up study builds on the findings of a randomized experimental evaluation that found qualified support for the short-term effectiveness of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) in reducing trauma symptoms among adult…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Child Abuse, Empirical Study, Female, Follow-up Study, Quantitative Study, Rape, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Impact of the World Trade Center disaster on a Manhattan psychotherapy practice

On September 11, 2001, when two hijacked planes destroyed the World Trade Center, the world changed. As a clinical psychologist practicing in Manhattan, and specializing in trauma, the author has found the event's impact upon her work to be profound.…

Tags: 9/11, Americans, DID, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Personal Narrative, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychologist, PTSD, September 11, Survivor, Terrorism, Terrorist Attacks

Treatment of Vietnam war veterans with PTSD: A comparison of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, biofeedback, and relaxation training

Analyses of scaled self-report data from Vietnam War veterans receiving inpatient treatment for PTSD drawn during a program evaluation study suggested inpatient treatment as provided by the program resulted in significant improvement in the areas of…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Biofeedback Training, Empirical Study, Male, Non-Randomized Study, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychiatric Inpatients, PTSD, Relaxation Therapy, Treatment Effectiveness, Veterans, War

Evaluation of the one-session eye-movement desensitization reprocessing procedure for eliminating traumatic memories

Eye-movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) is a relatively new therapy technique originally reported to eliminate traumatic memories (rape, catastrophes) in one session. Early published research has tended to support the technique. However,…

Tags: Americans, College Students, Empirical Study, Intrusive Thought, Psychiatric Inpatients, Treatment Effectiveness

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): A closer look at treatment outcome

EMDR therapy, using bilateral audio-tones as the stimulus, was given to 30 women for two to six sessions (the number determined by the individual). Results from the Impact of Event Scale (IES) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) suggested…

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

Eye movement desensitization for PTSD of combat: A treatment outcome pilot study

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the short-term effectiveness of eye movement desensitization (EMD) in reducing negative affect associated with traumatic memory in PTSD patients. In addition to evaluating the general efficacy of the EMD…

Tags: Americans, Combat, EMD, Eye Movement Desensitization, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychobiology, Psychophysiology, PTSD, Treatment Effectiveness, Veterans, Vietnam, War

EMDR in the treatment of borderline personality disorder

Individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) usually experience significant impairment in their ability to function. Impulsivity, affect instability, interpersonal difficulties, and identity problems are hallmark features of this…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Borderline Personality Disorder, Case Study, Child Abuse, Clinical Case Study, Empirical Study, Female, Incest, Individual Psychotherapy, Interpersonal Difficulty, Interpersonal Interaction, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Qualitative Study, Rape, Suicide, Survivor, Treatment

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) treatment for combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder

Despite the clinical and social impact of PTSD, there are few controlled studies investigating its treatment. In this investigation, the effectiveness of two psychotherapeutic interventions for PTSD were compared using a randomized controlled outcome…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Arousal, Biofeedback Training, Male, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Randomized Controlled Trial, RCT, Relaxation Therapy, Treatment Effectiveness, Veterans, War

Brief treatment for elementary school children with disaster-related posttraumatic stress disorder: A field study

Effective psychological intervention is needed to help children recover from disaster-related PTSD. This controlled study evaluated the effectiveness of a brief intervention for disaster-related PTSD. At one-year follow-up of a prior intervention for…

Tags: Americans, Brief Psychotherapy, Child Treatment, Disaster, Elementary School Student, Empirical Study, Follow-up Study, Health Care Utilization, Hurricane Iniki, Hurricanes, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Randomized Controlled Trial, RCT, School Age Children, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness, Victim Services

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for panic disorder: A case series

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), a new technique that has shown some promise in the treatment of traumatic memories, was evaluated in this pilot study. Subjects were seven clients suffering from panic disorder who received EMDR…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Anxiety Disorders, Empirical Study, Panic Disorders, Phobias, Treatment Effectiveness

Numerical distraction therapy: Initial assessment of a treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder

The efficacy of a new therapy, numerical distraction therapy (NDT), in treating symptoms of PTSD was investigated. It was hypothesized that the therapy would change the traumatic visual memories of PTSD patients and reduce the intensity of negative…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Behavior Therapy, Clinical Trial, Empirical Study, PTSD, Quantitative Study, Stressor, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness, Treatment Outcome

An investigation of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMD/R) as a treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms of Vietnam combat veterans

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMD/R) was investigated with 25 Vietnam combat veterans with PTSD, randomly assigned to EMD/R or a control condition. First, PTSD was assessed and subjects were assisted in developing a PTSD-related…

Tags: Americans, Empirical Study, Longitudinal Study, Male, Middle Aged, PTSD, Treatment Effectiveness, Veterans, Vietnam, War

Eye movement desensitization across images: A single case design

The use of eye movement desensitization (EMD) was investigated in a multiple baseline across two images. The subject was diagnosed as suffering from PTSD and had suffered from two distinct traumas which continued to generate intrusive disturbing…

Tags: Americans, Assaults, Car Accident, Case Study, EMD, Female, Longitudinal Study, Middle Aged, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Survivor

Personal accounts - Four therapists and a client: A personal journey

A psychiatric nurse therapist describes his experience of suffering a mental disorder, variously diagnosed as PTSD, obsessive compulsive disorder, and panic disorder, and variously treated by a succession of therapists with strong orientations to…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Male, Managed Care, Mental Health Personnel, Nurse, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, Panic Disorder, Personal Narrative, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, TFT, Thought Field Therapy

A controlled study of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disordered sexual assault victims

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a new method developed to treat PTSD. This study evaluated the efficacy of EMDR compared to a no-treatment wait-list control in the treatment of PTSD in adult female sexual assault victims. 21…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Empirical Study, Female, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Randomized Controlled Trial, Rape, RCT, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Fifteen-month follow-up of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder and psychological trauma

The present study is a 15-month follow-up of the effects of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy on the functioning of 66 participants, 32 of whom were diagnosed with PTSD prior to treatment. PTSD participants improved as much…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Empirical Study, Follow-up Study, PTSD, Randomized Controlled Trial, RCT, Stressor, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) treatment for psychologically traumatized individuals

The effects of 3 90-minute eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) treatment sessions on traumatic memories of 80 participants were studied. Participants were randomly assigned to treatment or delayed-treatment conditions and to 1 of 5…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Empirical Study, Intrusive Thought, Longitudinal Study, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Randomized Controlled Trial, RCT, Stressor, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Post-traumatic stress disorder overcome by eye movement desensitization: A case report

PTSD is an exceptionally stressful syndrome that has been extremely difficult to treat. The prognosis was recently dramatically improved by the introduction of eye-movement desensitization. This paper reports, in substantial detail, a case that was…

Tags: Adult, Americans, EMD, Eye Movement Desensitization, Female, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Rape, Survivor

An empirical evaluation of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) with survivors of a natural disaster

Controlled studies of treatments effective with victims of natural disasters are almost nonexistent. This is a small study conducted under difficult conditions to test the effectiveness of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) in…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Disaster, Effects, Empirical Study, Hurrican Andrew, Hurricane, Longitudinal Study, Non-Randomized Study, Survivor, Trauma, Treatment Effectiveness

Eye movement desensitization/reprocessing: Its use in resolving the trauma caused by the loss of a war buddy

A case of refractory PTSD was treated with Eye Movement Desensitization/Reprocessing (EMDR). Within one 60-minute session there was a dramatic resolution of two traumatic memories that persisted at nine-month follow-up. Long-standing personality…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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